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Updated information from the parents says she took spare clothing and an IC card but does not own a smartphone. She was spotted jogging away from the rented Airbnb in Kamata at 8:30am and boarded a train to Yokohama. Her parents are quoted as saying she told them she wanted to visit Yokohama due to her love of the anime “Bungo Stray Dogs”.

Carmelita is 12 and has been missing since the morning of August 13th. Please report to the Tokyo metropolitan police if you have any information or sight her.

https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/sodan/madoguchi/missing/list/kamata\_2026\_56.html

In a surprise to mostly no one, the man who went missing in Kabukicho was detained by police.

While details such as the required language proficiency level and implementation methods are yet to be finalised, previous policy discussions regarding visa applications have pointed toward N2-level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) as a potential standard. With permanent residency granting a more secure category of stay – permanent residency status itself doesn’t expire, with holders only required to renew their residence card periodically, compared to other visa holders who are given temporary residence status – it’s likely that language proficiency requirements will at least be on par with those set for other visa applications.

It’s long since been debated whether it’s fine to stand on both sides or whether to keep one side free for walking (which side depending on where you are) despite there now being signs in a lot of places saying to stand on both sides, and Saitama (I think???) trying to enact standing only as law.

I’ve been here in Japan a long ass time and I’ve always seen one side kept free, but over the last few months I’ve definitely seen a shift to both sides becoming standing only. Today I’m out in Machida (Tokyo) and I have only seen both sides being used for standing the entire time I’ve been out including train stations.

How is it where you are? And what are your opinions on this?

Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, launched a controversial program Monday to reward people for reporting businesses that hire illegal foreign workers.

After verifying the information as accurate, the prefectural government will report the employers to the police. If the information leads to an enforcement action, the tipster will receive a reward of 10,000 yen.