https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/08/national/politics-diplomacy/national-immigration-law/
And it was officially passed just now at the diet.
You can now deport them even when they are still applying/waiting for refugee status.
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/144usb2/japans_new_immigration_bill_passed_making_it/
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> [Reiwa Party leader Yamamoto Taro is facing punishment after he tried to use physical force to prevent the Upper House Judiciary Committee from approving revisions to immigration law that will make it easier for the govt to deport refugee applicants. Two LDP lawmakers, Nagai Manabu and Wakabayashi Yōhei, are claiming to have suffered bruises/minor injuries in the scuffle.](https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1666690629857054721) (video in link)
> [Reiwa Party leader Yamamoto Taro explained his actions to an audience of supporters last night: Because the revised law will cause people to lose their lives, he felt compelled to physically stop its passage. The LDP had 10 lawmakers on hand to block him.](https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1667019023010402306) (video in link)
Internet sleuths have determined that the lawmakers claiming to be injured in the scuffle [might actually be affiliated with the Unification Church](https://twitter.com/tanzaniapea/status/1666736445774782465).
It’s not necessarily a bad legislation, many refugees are actually economic migrants.