The 9 November 2026 Japan–Viet Nam Joint Vision Statement opened talks on mandatory consular notification and a social security agreement, but Vietnam is still absent from the Employment for Skill Development memorandum list.
The Cabinet Secretariat's working group on accepting foreign nationals was given a seven-jurisdiction comparison of intake limits on 6 November 2026, with the basic policy due by 31 March 2027.
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.