Act No. 74 of 2025 will bar a departing resident from claiming the pension lump-sum withdrawal while a re-entry permit is still valid, and lift the payment cap from five years to eight, once a Cabinet Order sets the start date.
The Immigration Services Agency reissued both university lists on 4 November 2026, resetting which graduates earn the 10-point Highly Skilled Professional bonus and which qualify for J-Find.
Two resident-side submissions to the Cabinet Secretariat's working group on 20 October 2026 accept a link between the planned Japanese course and residence screening only if the screening is made transparent and the learning is genuinely available.
The transitional measures for Technical Intern Training set three hard dates before Employment for Skill Development begins, and the Type 3 route already closed on 1 April 2026.
The Immigration Services Agency begins receiving tax, pension and insurance records directly from other government bodies in March 2027, with national health insurance premium payment data following in June 2027.
Panama's working holiday scheme took effect on 1 November 2026, and MOFA has now put the annual quota at 100 places, the figure that was missing when the amendment was announced.