Past Example of Japan’s Visa Waiver Suspension and the Issues of Applying It to the Kurdish Immigration Problem

The following is a summary of an article in the Sankei Shimbun (June 13, 2025) in which Iwatake Naoto, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, denies suspending the visa exemption for Turkey, says, “He has no intention of achieving zero illegal stays.” At the House of Councillors Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, regarding the refugee …