(i)a person who does not possess a valid passport (excluding a crew member who possess a valid crew member's pocket-ledger); or

(ii)a person who seeks to land in Japan without receiving a seal of verification for landing or undergoing the recording of the prescribed data pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4), or without obtaining authorized permission for landing (hereinafter referred to as "permission for landing, etc."), from an immigration inspector (except for those set forth in the preceding item).

(i)a patient with category 1 infectious diseases, category 2 infectious diseases, pandemic influenza or designated infectious diseases provided for by the Act on Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (Act No. 114 of 1998) (limited to infectious diseases to which the provisions of Article 19 or 20 of the same Act applies mutatis mutandis, pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the same Act), including a person who is deemed to be a patient of category 1 infectious diseases or category 2 infectious disease, pandemic influenza, or designated infectious diseases pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 of the same Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7 of the same Act), or any person who has symptoms of a new infectious disease;

(ii)a person who, due to a mental disability, has a habitual condition of being unable to understand right from wrong or whose capacity for understanding is significantly lacking, and is not accompanied by those persons provided for by Ministry of Justice Order for that person's assistance in engaging in activities in Japan;

(iii)a person who is indigent or without a fixed dwelling place and is likely to become a burden on the Japanese Government or a local public entity because of an inability to make a living;

(iv)a person who has been convicted of a violation of any law or regulation of Japan or of any other country, and has been sentenced to imprisonment with or without work for 1 year or more, or to an equivalent penalty; provided, however, that this does not apply to those convicted of a political offense;

(v)a person who has been convicted of a violation of any law or regulation of Japan or of any other country relating to the control of narcotics, marijuana, opium, stimulant drugs or psychotropic drugs, and has been sentenced to a punishment;

(v)-2a person who has been convicted of a violation of any law or regulation of Japan or of any other country or has been deported from Japan pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act or deported from any other country pursuant to the provisions of any law or regulation of that country for killing, injuring, assaulting or threatening a person, or damaging a building or other objects in relation to the process or results of an international competition or a competition of an equivalent scale or an international conference (hereinafter referred to as "international competition, etc.") or with the intent of preventing the smooth operation thereof, and is likely to kill, injure, assault or threaten a person, or damage a building or other objects in relation to the process or results of an international competition, etc. held in Japan or with the intent of preventing the smooth implementation thereof, at the venue of the international competition, etc. or within the area of the municipality where the venue is located (including special wards, and wards or administratively consolidated wards in designated cities prescribed in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947)) or to neighboring places provided for use to unspecified or a large number of persons;

(vi)a person who illegally possesses any narcotics or psychotropic substances as prescribed in the Narcotics and Psychotropic Control Act (Act No. 14 of 1953), marijuana as prescribed in the Cannabis Control Act (Act No. 124 of 1948), or opium poppy, opium or poppy as prescribed in the Opium Control Act (Act No. 71 of 1954), stimulant drugs or stimulants' raw materials as prescribed in the Stimulants Control Act (Act No. 252 of 1951), or any apparatus used to smoke opium;

(vii)a person who has engaged in prostitution, or intermediation or solicitation of prostitution, provision of a place for prostitution, or any other business directly connected to prostitution (except for those who have engaged in these businesses under the control of another person due to human trafficking);

(vii)-2a person who has committed human trafficking or incited or aided another person to commit human trafficking;

(viii)a person who illegally possesses firearms, swords or other weapons as prescribed in the Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Weapons (Act No. 6 of 1958) or explosives as provided for by the Explosives Control Act (Act No. 149 of 1950);

(ix)a person who falls under any of sub-items (a) through (d) for whom the period set forth in the relevant provisions has not yet elapsed:

(ix)-2a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment with or without work on the charge of a crime provided for in Part II, Chapters XII, XVI through XIX, XXIII, XXVI, XXVII, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXVI, XXXVII or XXXIX of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907), or in Article 1, 1-2 or 1-3 (excluding the parts pertaining to Article 222 or 261 of the Penal Code) of the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others (Act No. 60 of 1926), the Act on the Prevention and Punishment of Burglary, Robbery, Theft, etc. (Act No. 9 of 1930), or Article 15 or 16 of the Act on Prohibition of Possession of Special Picking Tools, and Other Related Matters (Act No. 65 of 2003), or Article 2 or Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Punishment of Acts of Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc. (Act No. 86 of 2013) during their stay in Japan with the status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of Appended Table I, who subsequently left Japan and whose sentence became final and binding while the relevant person was outside of Japan, and for whom 5 years have not yet elapsed from the date that the sentence became final and binding;

(x)a person who has been deported from Japan for falling under any of Article 24, item (iv), sub-items (1) through (o);

(xi)a person who schemes or advocates the overthrow of the Constitution of Japan or the government formed thereunder by means of force or violence, or who organizes or is a member of a political party or any organization which schemes or advocates the same;

(xii)a person who organizes, or is a member of, or is closely affiliated with any of the following political parties or organizations:

(xiii)a person who schemes to prepare, distribute, or exhibit printed particulars, motion pictures, or any other documents or drawings to attain the objectives of any political party or organization prescribed in item (xi) or the preceding item; or

(xiv)other than those persons set forth in items (i) through (xiii), a person whom the Minister of Justice has reasonable grounds to believe is likely to commit an act which could be detrimental to the interests or public security of Japan.

(i)a special permanent resident provided for by the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991) (hereinafter referred to as "special permanent resident");

(ii)a person who is under 16 years of age;

(iii)a person who seeks to engage in Japan in an activity set forth in the right-hand column under "Diplomat" or "Official" of (1) of the Appended Table I;

(iv)a person who is invited by the head of a national administrative organ; or

(v)a person provided for by Ministry of Justice Order as equivalent to a person set forth in the two preceding items.

(i)the passport possessed by the foreign national and the visa affixed thereto must be valid, when a visa is required;

(ii)the activities stated in the application to be conducted while in Japan are not false, and fall under either of the activities set forth in the right-hand column of the Appended Table I (excluding activities set forth in item (ii) of the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional"; regarding the activities set forth in the right-hand column of Appended Table I (5), limited to the activities designated by the Minister of Justice in public notice in advance), or the activities of a person with a status or position set forth in the right-hand column of the Appended Table II (excluding the position set forth in the right-hand column under "Permanent Resident"; regarding the position set forth under "Long-Term Resident," limited to a position designated by the Minister of Justice in public notice in advance), and regarding those who intend to engage in activities set forth in the right-hand column of the Appended Table I (2) and (4), the activities are to conform to the conditions provided for by Ministry of Justice Order in taking into account the impact on Japanese industry and public welfare (regarding foreign nationals who intend to engage in the activities set forth in item (i) of the right-hand column of "Specified Skilled Worker" of the Appended Table I(2), including cases in which the support plan for specified skilled workers (i) conforms to the provisions of Article 2-5, paragraph (6) and paragraph (7));

(iii)the period of stay stated in the application must conform to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 2-2, paragraph (3); or

(iv)the foreign national must not fall under any of the items of Article 5, paragraph (1) (in the case of a foreign national for whom the provisions of Article 5-2 are to be applied, due to the specific grounds prescribed in the same Article, the foreign national falls under items (iv), (v), (vii), (ix) or (ix)-2 of the same paragraph, and the foreign national does not fall under any of the items of the same paragraph due to grounds other than the specified grounds; the same applies hereinafter).

(i)the foreign national is registered pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (8) (for those persons who are registered as falling under item (i), sub-item (c) of the same paragraph, limited to those who possess a registered user card issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (8) of the following Article); and

(ii)the foreign national has provided personal identification information in an electronic or magnetic means pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order in applying for landing.

(i)a person who falls under any of the following sub-items (a) to (c):

(ii)the foreign national has provided personal identification information in an electronic or magnetic means pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order; and

(iii)the foreign national does not fall under any of the items of Article 5, paragraph (1) at the time of registration.

(i)name, date of birth, sex, country of nationality or the region provided for in Article 2, item (v), sub-item(b);

(ii)the number, date of issuance and expiration date of the validity period, of the registered user card;

(i)the foreign national no longer has the registered user card in their possession due to loss, theft, destruction or other grounds; or

(ii)the registered user card has been noticeably damaged or soiled, or if the record pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) has been damaged.

(i)the foreign national has been granted re-entry permission;

(ii)the foreign national has entered Japan under the control of another person due to human trafficking; or

(iii)the Minister of Justice finds that circumstances exist that warrant the granting of special permission for landing.

(i)in case a foreign crew member of a vessel in regular service between Japan and other countries or of other vessels that frequently enter Japanese ports of entry and departure wishes to land in Japan for rest, shopping or other similar purposes on multiple occasions for a period within 1 year from the date of permission, upon application by the captain of the vessel or the carrier who operates the vessel on which the foreign crew member is aboard, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order; or

(ii)in case a foreign crew member of an aircraft in regular service between Japan and other countries wishes to land in Japan for a period not exceeding fifteen days from each arrival date for rest, shopping or other similar purposes and to depart from the same port of entry or departure as a crew member of an aircraft belonging to the same carrier on multiple occasions within 1 year from the date of permission, upon application by the carrier, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.

(i)a person who has entered Japan for the reasons prescribed in Article 1, paragraph A-(2) of the Refugee Convention or other reasons equivalent thereto after fleeing from a territory where their life, body or physical freedom were threatened; and

(ii)it would be appropriate to grant temporary landing permission to the person.

(i)if the foreign national who has been granted permission continues to fall under a mid-to long-term resident or newly comes to fall under a mid- to long-term resident:to issue a residence card for the foreign national;

(ii)if the foreign national who has been granted permission possesses a passport in cases other than the cases set forth in the preceding item:to enter a new status of residence and period of stay in the passport; or

(iii)if the foreign national who has been granted permission does not possess a passport in cases other than the cases set forth in item (i):to issue the foreign national a certificate of status of residence that states the new status of residence and period of stay, or to enter the new status of residence and period of stay in the certificate of status of residence which has already been issued.

(i)the foreign national's behavior is good; and

(ii)the foreign national has sufficient assets or skills to make an independent living.

(i)the foreign national has been granted, by deceit or other wrongful means, a seal of verification for landing (including the recording of the prescribed information pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4); hereinafter the same applies in the following item) or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2, being considered that they do not fall under any of the items of Article 5, paragraph (1);

(ii)beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, the foreign national has been granted, by deceit or other wrongful means, a seal of verification for landing, etc. (a seal of verification for landing or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 (limited to those with a decision of status of residence) or permission pursuant to the provisions of this Section, and in the case two or more seals or permissions have been granted, the most recent one; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph);

(iii)beyond what is provided for in the preceding two items, the foreign national has been granted, by submitting or presenting a document that contains a false entry (including a certificate of eligibility obtained by submitting or presenting a document or drawing that contains a false entry or a visa obtained for the passport by submitting or presenting a document or drawing that contains a false entry), or a drawing that contains a false entry, or receiving a seal of verification for landing;

(iv)the foreign national has been granted permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2) due to deceit or other wrongful means (excluding cases of receiving permission or a seal of verification for landing, etc. pursuant to these provisions after receiving that permission);

(v)the foreign national residing with a status of residence in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I has not engaged in the activities set forth in the right-hand column of the same Table in accordance with the status of residence, and is residing while engaging in or seeking to engage in other activities (except when there are legitimate grounds);

(vi)a person residing with a status of residence in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I who has been residing for three months or more (with regard to a person residing with the status of residence of "Highly Skilled Professional" (limited to those pertaining to item (ii) in the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" of the Appended Table I (2)), six months) without engaging in the activities (except when there are legitimate grounds for residing without engaging in the activities) set forth in the right-hand column of the same Table in accordance with the status of residence;

(vii)a person residing with the status of residence of "Spouse or Child of Japanese National" (limited to those pertaining to persons with the status of the spouse of a Japanese national (except for foreign nationals residing simultaneously with the status of a child specially adopted by a Japanese national (meaning the child specially adopted by a Japanese national pursuant to the provisions of Article 817-2 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896)); the same applies hereinafter) or born as the child of a Japanese national) or the status of residence of "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" (limited to those pertaining to persons with the status of a spouse of a permanent resident, etc. (except for foreign nationals residing simultaneously with the status of a person who was born in Japan as the child of a permanent resident, etc. and is continuing to reside in Japan)), who has been residing for six months or more without continuously engaging in activities as a person with the status of a spouse (except when there are legitimate grounds for residing without engaging in the activities);

(viii)a person who has newly become a mid-to long-term resident through receiving a seal of verification for landing or permission pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 or Section 2 of the preceding Chapter, permission pursuant to the provisions of this Section or pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2), who has not notified the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of the place of residence (except when there are legitimate grounds for not making a notification) within 90 days from the date of receiving the seal of verification for landing or permission;.

(ix)a mid-to long-term resident who has not notified the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of their new place of residence within 90 days of leaving the previous place of residence, which had been previously notified to the Commissioner (except when there are legitimate grounds for not making a notification); or

(x)a mid-to long-term resident who has notified the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of a false place of residence.

(i)a person for whom a decision has been made on the status of residence of "Temporary Visitor" and the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (5):registered user card;

(ii)a person who has been granted permission for provisional landing:provisional landing permit;

(iii)a person who has been granted landing permission for cruise ship tourists:landing permit for cruise ship tourists;

(iv)a person who has been granted landing permission for crew members:crew member's landing permit and passport or crew member's pocket-ledger;

(v)a person who has been granted permission for emergency landing:emergency landing permit;

(vi)a person who has been granted landing permission due to distress:landing permit due to distress;

(vii)a person who has been granted landing permission for temporary refuge:landing permit for temporary refuge; or

(viii)a person who has been granted permission for provisional stay:permit for provisional stay.

(i)a person who has entered Japan in violation of the provisions of Article 3;

(ii)a person who has landed in Japan without obtaining permission for landing, etc. from an immigration inspector;

(ii)-2a person whose status of residence has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) (limited to those provisions pertaining to item (i) or (ii));

(ii)-3a person whose status of residence has been revoked (except for persons designated a period of stay pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (7) of Article 22-4) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article (limited to those provisions pertaining to item (v) of the same paragraph);

(ii)-4a person who has been granted a designated period of stay pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 22-4, paragraph (7) (including as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 61-2-8, paragraph (2)) and will stay in Japan beyond the designated period;

(iii)a person who has forged or altered a document or drawing, has prepared a false document or drawing, has used, possessed or offered a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing, or has incited or aided another to engage in any of the those acts with the intent of helping another foreign national to illegally obtain a certificate, a seal of verification for landing (including the recording of the prescribed information pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4)) or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4 or the permission pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two sections or Section 3 of the following Chapter;

(iii)-2a person who the Minister of Justice finds as having reasonable grounds to be likely to commit a criminal act for the purpose of intimidating the general public and governments (hereinafter to be referred to in this item as a "criminal act for the purpose of intimidating the general public and governments") provided for in Article 1 of the Act on Punishment of the Financing of Criminal Acts for the Purpose of Intimidation of the General Public and of Governments (Act No. 67 of 2002), to commit a preliminary act of a criminal act for the purpose of intimidating the general public and governments, or likely to conduct an act that facilitate a criminal act for the purpose of intimidating the general public and governments;

(iii)-3a person whose entry into Japan is required to be prevented pursuant to an international agreement;

(iii)-4a person who has engaged in any of the acts set forth in the following sub-items (a) through (c), or has incited or aided another person to engage in any of the acts set forth therein:

(iii)-5a person who has engaged in any of the acts set forth in the following sub-items (a) through (d), or has incited or aided another person to engage in any of the acts set forth therein:

(iv)a foreign national residing in Japan (excluding those who were granted permission for provisional landing, permission for landing at a port of call, landing permission for cruise ship tourists, permission for landing in transit, landing permission for crew members, or landing permission due to distress) who falls under any of the following sub-items (a) through (o):

(iv)-2a person who is staying in Japan with a status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I and has been convicted of a crime provided in Part II, Chapter XII, XVI through XIX, XXIII, XXVI, XXVII, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXVI, XXXVII or XXXIX of the Penal Code, in Article 1, 1-2 or 1-3 (except for the parts pertaining to Article 222 or 261 of the Penal Code) of the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others, in the Act on Prevention and Punishment of Robbery and Theft Act, in Article 15 or 16 of the Act on Prohibition of Possession of Special Picking Tools, and Other Related Matters or in Article 2 or Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc., and has been sentenced to imprisonment with or without work;

(iv)-3a person whose status of residence is "Temporary Visitor" who has illegally killed, injured, assaulted or threatened a person, or damaged or destroyed a building or other objects in relation to the process or results of an international competition, etc. held in Japan or with the intent of preventing the smooth operation thereof, at the venue of an international competition, etc. or within the area of the municipality where the venue is located or to neighboring places provided for use by unspecified or a large number of persons;

(iv)-4a mid- to long-term resident who has been sentenced to imprisonment on the charge of a crime provided for in Article 71-2 or Article 75-2;

(v)a person who has been granted permission for provisional landing and flees or fails to appear at summons without legitimate grounds in violation of conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3);

(v)-2a person who has been ordered to depart from Japan pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (7) or (11), or Article 11, paragraph (6) but does not depart without delay;

(vi)a person who has been granted permission for landing at a port of call, landing permission for cruise ship tourists, permission for landing in transit, landing permission for crew members, permission for emergency landing, landing permission due to distress or landing permission for temporary refuge, but stays in Japan beyond the period stated in their passport or landing permit;

(vi)-2a person who has been granted landing permission for cruise ship tourists but did not return to the ship by the time of the designated passenger ship departing from the port of entry or departure after they disembarked at the Japanese port of entry or departure at which the designated passenger ship pertaining to the permission made a port of call, and has fled;

(vi)-3a person who has been designated a period pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-2, paragraph (9), but does not depart from Japan within that period;

(vi)-4a person who has been designated a period for departure pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (9), but does not return to their vessel or depart from Japan within that period;

(vii)a person prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (1) who stays in Japan beyond the period prescribed in the same paragraph without receiving permission pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 20 paragraph (3), as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) or pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 22, paragraph (4);

(viii)a person who has been given a departure order pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-3, paragraph (1), but stays in Japan beyond the deadline for departure pertaining to the departure order;

(ix)a person whose departure order has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-6; or

(x)a person staying in Japan with permission granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (1), or Article 61-2-3, whose recognition of refugee status has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-7, paragraph (1) (limited to the provisions pertaining to item (i) or item (iii)).

(i)the foreign national has voluntarily appeared at an immigration services office with the intention of promptly departing from Japan;

(ii)the foreign national does not fall under any of items (iii) through (iii)-5, sub-items (c) through (o) of item (iv), item (viii) or item (ix) of Article 24;

(iii)after entering Japan, the foreign national has not been convicted of a crime provided in Part II, Chapter XII, XVI through XIX, XXIII, XXVI, XXVII, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXVI, XXXVII or XXXIX of the Penal Code, Articles 1, 1-2 or 1-3 (except for the parts pertaining to Article 222 or 261 of the Penal Code) of the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others, the Act on Prevention and Punishment of Robbery and Theft Act, in Articles 15 or 16 of the Act on Prohibition of Possession of Special Picking Tools, and Other Related Matters or in Article 2 or Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc., and sentenced to imprisonment with or without work;

(iv)the foreign national has no past record of being deported from Japan, or of departing from Japan under a departure order pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-3, paragraph (1); or

(v)the foreign national is definitely expected to promptly depart from Japan.

(i)a person who is being prosecuted for a crime for which the death penalty or for whom a life sentence, or imprisonment with or without work for 3 years or more, has been imposed; or a person for whom an arrest warrant, writ of physical escort, detention warrant, or writ of confinement for expert examination has been issued;

(ii)a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment without work or a severer penalty and has not been granted suspension of execution of the entire sentence, until the person has completed the sentence or until they cease to be subject to the execution of the sentence (excluding those released on parole, and those for whom part of the sentence was subject to suspended execution and are currently under suspension of execution of the sentence); or

(iii)a person for whom a provisional detention permit or a detention permit has been issued pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Extradition (Act No. 68 of 1953).

(i)any place which is considered to be commonly used for acts prejudicial to public morals; or

(ii)a hotel, restaurant or any other place which the public is able to enter and leave at night; provided however, that this applies only during the hours that the place is open to the public.

(i)the suspect has obtained permission for permanent residence;

(ii)the suspect has had a registered domicile in Japan as a Japanese national in the past;

(iii)the suspect resides in Japan under the control of another person due to human trafficking; or

(iv)the Minister of Justice finds that there are grounds to grant special permission to stay other than those prescribed in the previous items.

(i)the country in which they had been residing immediately before entering Japan;

(ii)the country in which they have resided before entering Japan;

(iii)the country of the port or airport where they boarded the vessel or aircraft to depart for Japan;

(iv)the country where their place of birth is located;

(v)the country to which their birthplace belonged at the time of their birth; or

(vi)any other country.

(i)territories of countries prescribed in the Refugee Convention, Article 33, paragraph (1) (except for cases in which the Minister of Justice finds it significantly detrimental to the interests and public security of Japan);

(ii)countries prescribed in the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Article 3, paragraph (1); or

(iii)countries prescribed in the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, Article 16, paragraph (1).