Budhathoki Samjhana, a restaurant owner and business manager visa holder at Chitwan Rhino Restaurant and Bar, looks on inside her bar in the OkuboShin area, one stop north of Shinjuku, in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. Authorities late last year toughened requirements for business manager visas after reports many foreigners -- chiefly Chinese nationals -- were setting up shell companies to move to Japan. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: Japan-politics-immigration, FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA

A woman passes a Japanese restaurant and the Chitwan Rhino Restaurant and Bar in the OkuboShin area, one stop north of Shinjuku metro, in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. Authorities late last year toughened requirements for business manager visas after reports many foreigners -- chiefly Chinese nationals -- were setting up shell companies to move to Japan. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: Japan-politics-immigration, FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA

A delivery man passes people eating at a Nepali restaurant in the OkuboShin area in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. Authorities late last year toughened requirements for business manager visas after reports many foreigners -- chiefly Chinese nationals -- were setting up shell companies to move to Japan. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: Japan-politics-immigration, FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA

A man passes a mural in the OkuboShin area in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. Authorities late last year toughened requirements for business manager visas after reports many foreigners -- chiefly Chinese nationals -- were setting up shell companies to move to Japan. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: Japan-politics-immigration, FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA

A woman stands near a South Asian store in the OkuboShin area, one stop north of Shinjuku metro, in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. Authorities late last year toughened requirements for business manager visas after reports many foreigners -- chiefly Chinese nationals -- were setting up shell companies to move to Japan. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: Japan-politics-immigration, FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA

A man cycles past a Nepali restaurant in the OkuboShin area, one stop north of Shinjuku metro, in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. Authorities late last year toughened requirements for business manager visas after reports many foreigners -- chiefly Chinese nationals -- were setting up shell companies to move to Japan. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: Japan-politics-immigration, FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA

People talk outside of a South Asian restaurant north in the OkuboShin area in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. Authorities late last year toughened requirements for business manager visas after reports many foreigners -- chiefly Chinese nationals -- were setting up shell companies to move to Japan. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: Japan-politics-immigration, FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA

People cross an intersection near Okubo metro station, one stop north of Shinjuku metro, in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, in the OkuboShin area, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. Authorities late last year toughened requirements for business manager visas after reports many foreigners -- chiefly Chinese nationals -- were setting up shell companies to move to Japan. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: Japan-politics-immigration, FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA