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  "path": "/blog/is-japan-becoming-a-hostile-environment/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T14:17:24.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.retirejapan.com",
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  "textContent": "Visa fees are going up, rules are changing From 2012 the UK government created the ‘hostile environment’, a series of policies designed to make life more difficult for illegal immigrants. You could say the US is currently doing something similar, but (perhaps literally) on steroids. And some in Japan might feel that we are seeing […]",
  "title": "Is Japan becoming a hostile environment?"
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