Overseas Vietnamese community in Higashikawa, Hokkaido (Japan) has held a ceremony to welcome the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, a Government official and NHK national television reported.

Many foreign students in Nagoya (Japan) have recently been found to be reluctant to apply for newly created visas intended to bring more workers from abroad, fearing their applications might not be accepted because they have been working more part-time hours than permitted for those with student visas.