Special Permission for 22 Families. Emergency Meeting & New Years Party

Following the training for our staff members, we had a briefing session for our members demanding special permission to stay in Japan (zaitoku) to the Japanese government. “100 days action” is the campaign that APFS conducted last year for 17 families that are in need of zaitoku. On top of these 17 families we now have 5 more families to support.

When the guideline pertaining to special permission to stay in Japan was revised last July, we anticipated that the change will bring positive concequences to our members. In reality, however, the circumstances surrounding our members are still tough and some of our members have been re-detained by Immigration authorities after the revision of the guideline.

We say we are facing predicament, but it is also true that some of our members finally and eventually obtained the permission in December last year and January this year. We still have lots of things to do for other members and we have no time being depressed! In the breifing session we had, our members who obtained zaitoku lately made speech and inspired our other members. May all our members get zaitoku following these jubilant families!