Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

A foreign national who falls under any of the following items may be deported from Japan in accordance with the procedures provided for in the following Chapter, or may be made to depart from Japan by an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-2, paragraph (1):

a person who has landed in Japan without obtaining permission for landing, etc. from an immigration inspector;

a person whose status of residence has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) (limited to those provisions pertaining to item (i) or (ii));

a person whose status of residence has been revoked (except for persons designated a period of stay pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (7) of Article 22-4) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article (limited to those provisions pertaining to item (v) of the same paragraph);

a person who has been granted a designated period of stay pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 22-4, paragraph (7) (including as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2)) and will stay in Japan beyond the designated period;

a person who, with the intent of helping another foreign national to illegally obtain a certificate, a seal of verification for landing (including the recording of the prescribed information pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4)) or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4 or permission pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two sections, Article 50, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1), has forged or altered a document or drawing, has prepared a false document or drawing, has illicitly created an electronic or magnetic record, has used, possessed or offered a forged or altered document or drawing or a false document or drawing, or has made an illicitly created electronic or magnetic record available for use in another person's processing of affairs or used it, or has incited or aided another to engage in any of those acts;

a person who the Minister of Justice finds as having reasonable grounds to be likely to commit a criminal act for the purpose of intimidating the general public and governments provided for in Article 1, paragraph (1) or a specified criminal act provided for in paragraph (2) of the same Article of the Act on Punishment of the Financing, etc. of Criminal Acts, etc. for the Purpose of Intimidation of the General Public and of Governments (Act No. 67 of 2002) (hereinafter to be referred to in this item as a "criminal act, etc. for the purpose of intimidating the general public and governments"), to commit a preliminary act of a criminal act, etc. for the purpose of intimidating the general public and governments, or likely to conduct an act that facilitates a criminal act, etc. for the purpose of intimidating the general public and governments;

a person whose entry into Japan is required to be prevented pursuant to an international agreement;

a person who has engaged in any of the acts set forth in the following sub-items (a) through (c), or has incited or aided another person to engage in any of the acts set forth therein:

having foreign nationals engage in illegal work (activities which violate the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-7, paragraph (1), or activities conducted by persons set forth in Article 70, paragraph (1), items (i), (ii), (iii) through (iii)-3, (v), (vii) through (vii)-3 or from (viii)-2 through (viii)-4 (excluding activities conducted with permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-5, paragraph (1)), and for which the person is to receive remuneration or other income; the same applies hereinafter) in relation to business activities;

placing a foreign national under their control for the purpose of having the foreign national engage in illegal work;

an act of forcing a foreign national to engage in illegal work as a business or arranging an act set forth in the sub-item (b) as a business;

a person who has engaged in any of the acts set forth in the following sub-items (a) through (e), or has incited or aided another person to engage in any of the acts set forth therein:

for the purpose of uttering or of causing another person's processing of affairs to be erroneous, forging, altering or illicitly creating a residence card or residence card electronic or magnetic record (hereinafter referred to as a "residence card, etc." in this item) or a special permanent resident certificate prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Special Act or a special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Special Act (referred to simply as a "special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record" in sub-item (e)) (hereinafter referred to as a "special permanent resident certificate, etc." in this item), or providing, receiving, possessing or keeping a forged, altered or illicitly created residence card, etc. or special permanent resident certificate, etc.;

providing, receiving or possessing a residence card or special permanent resident certificate in another person's name, or providing one's own residence card, for the purpose of uttering;

using, or making available for use in another person's processing of affairs, a residence card, etc. or special permanent resident certificate, etc. which has been forged, altered or illicitly created, or using a residence card or special permanent resident certificate in another person's name;

preparing instruments or materials for the purpose of using them in an act of forging, altering or illicitly creating a residence card, etc. or special permanent resident certificate, etc.; or

for the purpose set forth in sub-item (d), acquiring or providing the information of a residence card electronic or magnetic record or special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record (hereinafter referred to as a "residence card electronic or magnetic record, etc." in this sub-item), or keeping the information of a residence card electronic or magnetic record, etc. that has been illicitly acquired.

a person who is clearly found to be exclusively engaged in activities of managing a business involving income or activities for which they receive remuneration in violation of the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) (except for those under the control of another person due to human trafficking);

a person who has stayed in Japan beyond the authorized period of stay (including the period for which a person may reside in Japan pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (6); the same applies in Article 26, paragraph (1) and Article 26-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 26-3, paragraph (2))) without obtaining a renewal or change of period of stay;

a person who has committed human trafficking or has incited or aided another person to commit human trafficking;

a person who has been punished for violation of the provisions of paragraph (1) (except for item (vi)) through paragraph (3) of Article 23 of the Passport Act (Act No. 267 of 1951);

a person who has been punished for violation of the provisions of Articles 74 through 74-6-3, or 74-8;

a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment for violation of the provisions of Article 73;

a person who is a juvenile as defined by the Juveniles Act (Act No. 168 of 1948) and who was sentenced on or after November 1, 1951, to imprisonment for a period exceeding 3 years;

a person who was convicted on or after November 1, 1951, for violation of provisions of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act, the Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation (Act No. 124 of 1948), the Opium Control Act, the Stimulants Control Act, the Act on Special Provisions for the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act, etc. and Other Particulars for the Prevention of Activities Encouraging Illicit Conduct and Other Activities Involving Controlled Substances through International Cooperation (Act No. 94 of 1991) or Part II, Chapter XIV of the Penal Code;

in addition to the persons set forth in sub-items (d) through (h), a person who was sentenced on or after November 1, 1951, to imprisonment for life or for a period exceeding 1 year; provided, however, that this excludes persons for whom the entire sentence was subject to suspended execution, or persons for whom part of the sentence was subject to suspended execution, and the period of the sentence that was not subject to suspended execution was not more than one year;

a person who engages in prostitution, or intermediation or solicitation of prostitution, or provision of a place for prostitution, or any other business directly connected to prostitution (except for those under the control of another person due to human trafficking).

a person who has instigated, incited, or aided the following acts:

another foreign national illegally entering or landing in Japan; or

another foreign national, by deceit or other wrongful means, receiving permission for landing, etc. and landing in Japan, or receiving permission pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Section.

a person who schemes or advocates the overthrow of the Constitution of Japan or the government formed thereunder by means of force or violence, or who organizes or is a member of a political party or any other organization which schemes or advocates the overthrow.

a person who organizes, is a member of, or is closely affiliated with any of the following political parties or other organizations:

a political party or other organization that encourages assaulting public officials, or killing or injuring public officials, on the grounds of their being public officials;

a political party or other organization that encourages the unlawful damaging or destruction of public facilities; or

a political party or other organization that encourages acts of dispute which stop, suspend or obstruct the normal maintenance or operation of safety maintenance facilities at factories or other workplaces.

a person who has prepared, distributed or exhibited printed materials, motion pictures, or any other documents or drawings whose purpose is to attain the objectives of any political party or organization prescribed in sub-item (l) or (m);

in addition to those persons set forth in sub-items (a) through (n), any other person who the Minister of Justice finds to have committed acts detrimental to the interests or public security of Japan;

a person who is staying in Japan with a status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I and has been convicted of a crime provided in Part II, Chapter XII, XVI through XIX, XXIII, XXVI, XXVII, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXVI, XXXVII or XXXIX of the Penal Code, in Article 1, 1-2 or 1-3 (except for the parts pertaining to Article 222 or 261 of the Penal Code) of the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others, in the Act on Prevention and Punishment of Robbery and Theft Act, in Article 15 or 16 of the Act on Prohibition of Possession of Special Picking Tools, and Other Related Matters, in Article 2 or Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc. or in Article 22 of the Act on Prevention of Disposal of Stolen Specified Metal Articles, etc., and has been sentenced to imprisonment;

a person whose status of residence is "Temporary Visitor" who has illegally killed, injured, assaulted or threatened a person, or damaged or destroyed a building or other objects in relation to the process or results of an international competition, etc. held in Japan or with the intent of preventing the smooth operation thereof, at the venue of an international competition, etc. or within the area of the municipality where the venue is located or to neighboring places provided for use by unspecified or a large number of persons;

a mid- to long-term resident who has been sentenced to imprisonment on the charge of a crime provided for in Article 71-2 or Article 75-2;

a person who has been granted permission for provisional landing and flees or fails to appear at summons without legitimate grounds in violation of conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3);

a person who has been ordered to depart from Japan pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (7) or (11), or Article 11, paragraph (6) but does not depart without delay;

a person who has been granted landing permission for cruise ship tourists but did not return to the ship by the time of the designated passenger ship departing from the port of entry or departure after they disembarked at the Japanese port of entry or departure at which the designated passenger ship pertaining to the permission made a port of call, and has fled;

a person who has been designated a period pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-2, paragraph (9), but does not depart from Japan within that period;

a person who has been designated a period for departure pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (9), but does not return to their vessel or depart from Japan within that period;

a person prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (1) who stays in Japan beyond the period prescribed in the same paragraph without receiving permission pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 20 paragraph (3), as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) or pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 22, paragraph (4);

a person who has been given a departure order pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-85, paragraph (1), but stays in Japan beyond the deadline for departure pertaining to the departure order;

a person whose departure order has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-88; or

a person who has been recognized as a refugee as provided for in Article 61-2, paragraph (1) or as a person eligible for complementary protection as provided for in paragraph (2) of the same Article and who resides in Japan with permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1), Article 61-2-2, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-3, and whose recognition of refugee status has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-10, paragraph (1) (limited to those pertaining to item (i) or (iii)) or whose recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article (limited to those pertaining to item (i) or (iii)).