According to Japanese news reports, two administrative scriveners were arrested by Japanese police for using false documents to renew the residence status of 350 Chinese citizens.
In 2022, company executive Wang Jiarui (62) and administrative scrivener Kinhiro Toyoda (76) were suspected of fraudulently obtaining residence visa status by falsely faking a Chinese woman (in her 30s) who was working at a restaurant in Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo, as working for a company.
The two men received 250,000 yen from the woman, and in about 5 years to 2023, they renewed false residence status for about 350 Chinese citizens and received more than 100 million yen (about 5 million yuan). The suspect, Wang, pleaded guilty to the allegations, while Akio Toyoda denied the allegations.
In this regard, Japanese netizens said: I think many people think that this is just the tip of the iceberg. If you don't care, isn't the population of Japan actually dozens to hundreds of times larger? What will happen to the 350 people who have renewed their illegal residence status this time? Of course, they will definitely be deported.
Some netizens also think: This is a very serious problem. If the Japanese government takes the wrong steps or does nothing, Japan will eventually become a vassal state of China. In this regard, it is better to be a vassal state of the United States.
There are also opinions that are: First of all, are these people eligible to enter Japan? The Japanese government gives too many permits to those who don't have much work in Japan. With nothing to do, they make money from crime in Japan. There is also the issue of residence card extensions, where they create fake cards and even cooperate with administrative scriveners to collect money, as is the case in this report. The 350 people should be sent back to Japan after being held in Japanese prisons for about five years. Instead of expelling them immediately, teach them a lesson.
The administrative scrivener's denial indicated that the president of the company received a request from a foreigner, prepared false documents, and asked the administrative scrivener to file an application. There is a widespread suspicion that not only the immigration application but also a third party such as the president of the company is involved in the application, and that there is fraud and it is impossible for the administrative scrivener to go unpunished without knowing it. Fraud regarding the status of residence of foreigners is emerging. It is common to hear stories of foreigners doing jobs that are different from the ones they are allowed to do.
The Immigration Bureau should conduct more frequent inspections, such as unannounced visits after obtaining permission, and Japanese netizens suggested that it would be a good idea to increase the visa fee charged to foreigners to make up for the cost. It is also believed that it is absolutely necessary to eliminate foreigners who work illegally and administrative scriveners who are involved in illegal activities in order to make people aware of the "coexistence society" with foreigners.
Xiaobian thinks that the recent extension of the renewal time of stay may be related to this incident, before everyone renews their visas generally took about a month, but now it takes about three months.