APRIL 3, 1979
1. MEASURES FOR RESETTLEMENT OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS (UNDERSTANDING REACHED AT THE CABINET MEETING OF APRIL 3, 1979)
THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING
MEASURES SO AS TO REALIZE RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS.
(1)
REGARDING RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF VIETNAMESE DISPLACED PERSONS, THE GOVERNMENT ENUNCIATED ITS POLICY OF PERMITTING THEIR RESETTLEMENT WITH THE CABINET UNDER- STANDING OF APRIL 28, 1978. HENCEFORTH IT WILL BE APPLIED TO INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE EFFORTS TO REALIZE RESETTLEMENT IN
JAPAN OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS. TARGET FIGURE
FOR THE TIME BEING IS 500 PERSONS.
(2) WITH REGARD TO THE EXISTING CATEGORY NO. 3 FOR RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN THE GOVERNMENT WILL APPLY THE
PROVISION FLEXIBLY BY NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRING A
GUARANTOR FOR A DISPLACED PERSON WHO IS HEALTHY AND HAS
A JOB WHICH PROMISES A STABLE LIVELIHOOD.
(3) FOR THOSE DISPLACED PERSONS WHO ARE TEMPORARILY
STAYING IN JAPAN AND WHO DESIRE TO RESETTLE IN JAPAN THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR LEARNING THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND OFFER, IF NECESSARY, VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR GOOD OFFICES FOR FINDING JOBS.
(4) WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ABOVE 500 PERSONS, THE
GOVERNMENT WILL PERMIT THE ENTRY INTO JAPAN FOR RESETTLE-
MENT OF THOSE INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS WHO ARE
TEMPORARILY STAYING IN SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES AND
WHO FALL UNDER ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
1) THE SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD OF A JAPANESE; OR THE SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD OF AN ALIEN WHO RESIDES LAWFULLY IN JAPAN AND IS RECOGNIZED AS LEADING A
STABLE LIVELIHOOD.