nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200630-225047-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200630s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200630-225047-0 doi eng 342 23 Knör, Mika Author aut New Salt into an Open Wound - Covid-19 Entry Bans and Foreign Nationals' Rights in Japan Knör, Mika Verfassungsblog 2020-06-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The entry ban imposed by the Japanese government on April 3 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic has shed a new light on the somewhat “schizophrenic” situation that foreign nationals in Japan often find themselves in. While the Japanese government is slowly trying to open the labor market for foreign talent, launching internationalization campaigns at universities and building towards an international image surrounding the upcoming Olympic Games, the reality of foreign workers’ rights protection in Japan looks bleak in many respects. In fact, foreign residents in Japan still face social and legal discrimination of various kinds. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 citizens rights Coronavirus COVID 19 Foreigners Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/new-salt-into-an-open-wound/ raw object