(えいじゅう)

permanent residence

(がいこくじん)

foreigner

(しんさ)

screening, examination, review

(みなおす)

to review, to reconsider

(せいふ)

government; administration

(にほん)

Japan

(ずっと)

continuously; all along

(すむ)

to live; to reside

(えいじゅうしゃ)

permanent resident

(しかく)

qualification

(るーる)

rule

(ほうしん)

policy, course of action

(しめす)

to show / indicate

(はたらく)

to work

(しごと)

work, job

(しゅるい)

kind; type

(ばしょ)

place

(せいげん)

limit / restriction

(ない)

to not exist; there is no

(せいかつ)

daily life; livelihood

(あんてい)

stability, stable

(いま)

now

(せいど)

system; institution

(いってい)

fixed, certain, set

(ねんすう)

number of years

(すごす)

to spend (time)

(ぜいきん)

tax

(ほけんりょう)

insurance premium

(きちんと)

properly, neatly, punctually

(おさめる)

to pay (taxes), to deliver

(じょうけん)

condition

(なる)

to become

(かくにん)

confirmation, checking

(ていねい)

polite; careful; thorough

(おこなう)

to carry out, to perform

(かんがえ)

idea; thought; plan

(きょか)

permission, approval

(だす)

to serve, put out

(あと)

remaining; left; more

(じょうきょう)

situation, circumstances

(とりけす)

to retract; to cancel

(あん)

plan; proposal; draft

(けんとう)

consideration / examination

(いっぽう)

on the other hand / meanwhile

(しえん)

support; aid; assistance

(だんたい)

organization; group

(ふあん)

anxiety, uneasy

(かんじる)

to feel, to sense

(ひと)

person / people

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(こえ)

voice

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(こんご)

from now on; in the future

(くわしい)

detailed

(ないよう)

content; details

(きめる)

to decide

(ひつよう)

necessary / needed

(てつづき)

procedure; process

(すすめる)

to advance; to move forward

about / regarding / concerning

Used to indicate the topic of discussion or consideration. Here it introduces the topic the team will think about.

did ... (polite past)

Polite past tense of verbs. Formed with verb stem + ました. Used in formal or polite speech to describe completed actions.

for ~ / from the perspective of ~

Indicates a point of view or perspective. Used twice here for 'the company' and 'the Vietnamese people'.

polite copula / is, am, are

Describes states such as the mother panda being healthy and the baby being small.

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる/います. Can describe an action in progress or a state that continues from a past change.

nominalizer (the act of ~)

Turns a verb phrase into a noun. Here 話を聞くこと (the act of listening to a speech).

such as / etc.

Used to give examples from a larger group.

than / more than

Indicates comparison. Used to say prices rose on average 2.8% compared to last year.

depending on ~

Signals that the outcome varies with circumstances. 状況によっては means depending on the situation.

to make sure that, to ensure that

Expresses the goal of bringing about a certain state or preventing something. Formed with verb plain form + ようにする. Often used to describe efforts to ensure or prevent something.

passive form of する-verbs

検討されています is the passive of 検討する - the proposal is being examined, with no explicit agent.

because ～

Provides a reason or cause.

isn't it that ～ / perhaps ～

Used in 故障したのではないか to express JR East's tentative guess that the machine may have broken down.

called/named ~

Used to introduce or name something. In this article, 「鳥貴族」という店 means 'a store called Torikizoku'.

永住する外国人の審査を見直しへ

Screening for Foreign Nationals Seeking Permanent Residency Set to Be Reviewed

政府は、日本にずっと住む「永住者」の資格について、審査のルールを見直す方針を示しました。

The government has laid out a policy of reviewing the screening rules for the "permanent resident" status held by foreigners who live in Japan long-term.

永住者は、働く仕事の種類や住む場所に制限がなく、外国人にとって生活が安定する資格です。

Permanent residents face no restrictions on the type of work they do or where they live, making it a status that gives foreign nationals a stable life.

今の制度では、一定の年数を日本で過ごし、税金や保険料をきちんと納めていることなどが条件になっています。

Under the current system, the conditions include spending a set number of years in Japan and properly paying taxes and insurance premiums.

政府は、この条件の確認をより丁寧に行う考えです。

The government intends to check these conditions more carefully.

許可を出したあとも、状況によっては資格を取り消せるようにする案も検討されています。

A proposal to make it possible to revoke the status even after permission has been granted, depending on the circumstances, is also under consideration.

一方で、外国人を支援する団体からは「不安を感じる人が増えるのではないか」という声も出ています。

On the other hand, groups that support foreign nationals are voicing concerns such as "Won't more people end up feeling anxious?"

政府は今後、詳しい内容を決めて、必要な手続きを進めるとしています。

The government says it will decide the details going forward and move ahead with the necessary procedures.