March 2016 FEATURE: New immigration policies of Japan and their impact on women [内容説明] Introduction Mei Takahashi The hidden side of the system of the foreign human resources for domestic work support Mieko Takenobu Immigration control act revision proposal: The problem with “reinforcement of countermeasures against those staying in Japan by wrongful means” and the establishment of “care work” as a status of residence Yuki Maruyama Will the technical intern trainee act protect female workers? Yukiko Omagari Problems within the refugee status determination system for asylum-seeking women in Japan Manami Honda The story of female foreigners living in Japan interview with Jane Takeuchi WOMEN’S NEWS IN JAPAN Civil societies strongly protest for the security-related bills to be abandoned Students’ protests in front of the houses of parliament ? SEALDs’ activities The Japan-Korea “Agreement” made without the survivors is not a resolution ～Calling for realization of the “recommendations”～ A recent movement calling for an “anti-discrimination bill” The Abe administration’s “education revitalization” and selection of middle school textbooks “Active participation of all 100 million people” and the motion for an undesirable amendment to Article 24 of the Japanese Constitution The Supreme Court held an oral proceeding on separate family mames for married couples Japan launches 1325 National Action Plan alterations in the last stage which distort the government/civil society dialogue AJWRC Information A statement in protest of the forced passage of the security bills and demanding their repeal Testimonies of postwar “comfort women” survivors A meeting to require proper immigration policies held in the house of councilors Labor + migration + culture ? A Hong Kong case study Major activities of AJWRC ============================================ 特定非営利活動法人アジア女性資料センター（AJWRC） E-mail：[email protected] http://www.ajwrc.org/