Manish Kumar, an Indian-origin restaurateur who has been living in Japan for the past 30 years, would have never imagined that he would be forced to shut down his restaurant. He is the owner of an Indian restaurant in Saitama Prefecture and said Japan’s Immigration Services Agency (ISA) denied his visa renewal under stricter rules introduced last year. He broke down in tears in the Japanese Parliament while sharing his story and has now gone viral on social media.
Kumar shared that due to stricter immigration rules, the authorities in Japan have denied his business visa renewal and forced him to shut down the restaurant that he had operated for the past 18 years. Devastated by the decision, he is staring at an uncertain future and feared being forced to leave the country with his children.
