📅 The date of writing this article is
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 🗓️✨
During the year-end and New Year holidays 🎍,
I thought I was taking time to rest 😌,
but in reality, I was surprisingly busy 💦
and it didn’t feel very relaxing 😅.
Because of that,
🔄 it has been a little hard to return to my normal routine…
💪 I will do my best to get back into regular mode as soon as possible!
Now then 📘
The statuses of residence classified as activity-based statuses are as follows 👇✨
🕊️ Diplomatic
🏛️ Official
🎓 Professor
🎨 Artist
⛪ Religious Activities
📰 Journalist
🚀 Highly Skilled Professional
🏢 Business Manager
⚖️ Legal / Accounting Services
🏥 Medical Services
🔬 Researcher
🏫 Instructor
💻 Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services
🏭 Intra-company Transferee
🧑🦽 Nursing Care
🎭 Entertainer
🛠️ Skilled Labor
🌟 Specified Skilled Worker
👷 Technical Intern Training
🎎 Cultural Activities
✈️ Temporary Visitor
🎒 Student
📖 Trainee
👨👩👧👦 Dependent
📌 Designated Activities
These are the applicable categories 📝✨
🏢 This year marks the 5th year of our office 🎉
We have handled many types of statuses of residence so far,
but even now 🤔
there are still some statuses we have not yet worked on.
Although there have been several opportunities 💭,
one status that we have not yet accepted
and would really like to work on is…
👉 🎭 “Entertainer” status!
Actually,
🥊 watching combat sports is one of my hobbies,
and especially at the end of the year 🎆,
watching RIZIN at home 🏠 has become a yearly tradition 📺🔥
Once I start talking about it, I can’t stop 😆
I’ve been a big fan since PRIDE, the predecessor of RIZIN ✨
💥 Mirko
💥 Nogueira
💥 and Fedor
Those days were truly exciting 🔥🔥
In the most recent RIZIN event as well,
🛂 there was one fighter who could not come to Japan
due to visa issues 😢
🇯🇵 Not only in Japan,
but 🌍 all over the world,
RIZIN fighters have many fans.
Whether a fighter can come to Japan or not—
if I were actually in charge of such a case 😖,
😣 it would be extremely nerve-racking
and probably give me a stomachache 💥,
but still…
✨ imagining a fighter whose application I handled
competing in Japan makes my heart race with excitement!
In any case 📌,
🇯🇵 in order to live in Japan,
issues related to status of residence cannot be avoided.
Except in cases where ⚠️ illegality on the applicant’s part is involved,
🤝 I believe we must properly and sincerely handle each application.
That said,
😠 there are indeed some foreign nationals who say things like,
“Aren’t you a gyoseishoshi (administrative scrivener)?”
in a very demanding manner.
And in many cases ⚠️,
🚨 those people tend to have serious legal issues as well.
👉 Having an attitude of working together toward approval
is the most important thing, don’t you think? 🌱✨
See you again! 😊👋
📖 References
📚 Yasutsugu Yamawaki (2020)
Practical Immigration Law and Foreign Labor Management & Audits
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