Japan's new, stricter visa rules for business managers are pushing out foreign residents, impacting entrepreneurs and small business owners. Learn more.

In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business she built from scratch but may now have to give up as Japan…

Japan’s business manager visa holders surged to 46,000 by mid-2025 – up 70 per cent from 2020. About half were Chinese nationals.