Japan Web site irks illegal aliens

AP , TOKYO
Friday, May 07, 2004,Page 5

The Web site of Japan's Immigration Bureau has never been particularly foreigner-friendly: information about almost everything, from obtaining a visa to getting deported, is available only in Japanese.

But foreigners say the site's newest feature is downright nasty.

The bureau this year began soliciting tips over the Internet about suspected illegal aliens, enlisting the public in a high-profile deportation campaign ordered by authorities who say foreigners are to blame for a surge in crime in Japan.

"What's next -- paid informers?" asked Osvaldo Yamamoto, 30, a welder from Brazil. "Nobody wants to overstay their visa, but everybody wants a chance to work. Reporting on these people is a worse crime."

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Bush turns Japan into the Fourth Reich! Or would the Philippines be the Fourth or the Fifth Reich?