Such is the case of Manish Kumar, an Indian-origin restaurateur who has spent the last three decades living in Japan. Kumar recently drew widespread attention after breaking down emotionally during an event at the Japanese parliament while speaking about the possibility of being forced to leave the country he now considers home.
Kumar, who operates a restaurant in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture, revealed that Japanese authorities denied the renewal of his business visa under the country’s revised immigration regulations. As a result, he has been forced to shut down the restaurant he had successfully run for the past 18 years.
