Any alien who falls under any one of the following items shall not enter Japan.
(1) A person who does not possess a valid passport. (This shall not apply to a crewman possessing a valid crewman's pocket-ledger.)
(2) A person who intends to land in Japan without receiving a stamp of permission for landing or without obtaining authorized permission for landing (hereinafter referred to as “permission for landing”) from an immigration inspector (except for those who fall under the preceding item).
2. An alien who seeks to become a crewman in Japan shall be deemed a crewman for the purpose of application of the preceding paragraph.
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Any alien who falls under any one of the following items shall be denied permission for landing in Japan.
(1) A person who falls under any of the following categories of infections, which are provided for by the Law Concerning Prevention of Infections and Medical Care for Patients with Infections (Law No. 114, 1998): Category 1 or Category 2 infections or designated infections (with respect to the infections to which the provisions of Article 19 or 20 of the Law shall apply, in accordance with the Cabinet order under the provisions of Article 7 of the Law) including a person who is regarded as a patient of Category 1 or Category 2 infections or designated infections under the provisions of Article 8 of the Law, or any person who has symptoms of a new infection.
(2) A person who, due to a mental disorder, is unable to discern between right and wrong or whose ability for such discernment is significantly lacking, and is not accompanied by those persons designated through a Ministry of Justice ordinance to assist him in engaging in activities in Japan.
(3) A person who is without financial state or resources and is likely to become a burden on the Japanese Government or a local public entity because of an inability to make a living.
(4) 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 labor for 1 year or more, or to an equivalent penalty except for those convicted of a political offense.
(5) 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, stimulants or psychotropic substances and sentenced to a penalty.
(5)-2 A 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 in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act or expelled from any other country in accordance with the provisions of any law or regulation of that country for killing, injuring, assaulting or threatening a person, or damaging or destroying a building or other things 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”) or with the intent of preventing the smooth operation thereof, and is likely to kill, injure, assault or threaten a person, or damage or destroy a building or other things in relation to the process or results of an international competition held in Japan or with the intent of preventing the smooth operation thereof, at the venue of the international competition or within the area of the municipality where the venue is to be located. (This refers to “ward” where the Tokyo special wards exist or to cities designated in Article 252-19, Paragraph 1 of the Local Autonomy Law (Law No.67 of 1947)) or to neighboring places provided for use to unspecified personsor to a large number of persons.
(6) A person who illegally possesses any narcotics or psychotropic substances as provided for by the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control Law (Law No. 14 of 1953), or marijuana as provided for by the Marijuana Control Law (Law No. 124 of 1948), or poppy, opium or poppy plants as provided for by the Opium Law (Law No. 71 of 1954), or stimulants or raw materials used to make stimulants as provided for by the Stimulants Control Law (Law No. 252 of 1951), or any other apparatus used for smoking or eating opium.
(7) A person who engages or has engaged in prostitution, or procuring prostitutes for other persons or solicitation or furnishing a place for prostitution, or any other business directly connected to prostitution (excluding those who engage or have engaged in these businesses under the control of another due to trafficking in persons).
(7)-2 A person who has committed trafficking in persons or instigated or aided another to commit it.
(8) A person who illegally possesses firearms or swords and other such weapons as provided for by the Law for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons (Law No.6 of 1958) or explosives provided for by the Explosives Control Law (Law No.149 of 1950).
(9) A person who falls under any of (a) to (d) where the period set forth in the relevant provisions has not yet elapsed:
(9)-2 A person who has been sentenced to imprisonment with or without labor on the charge of a crime provided for by Book II, Chapters XII, XVI to XIX, XXIII, XXVI, XXVII, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXVI, XXXVII or XXXIX of the Penal Code of Japan (Law No. 45 of 1907), or by Article 1, 1-2 or 1-3 (except for the parts concerning Article 222 or 261 of the Penal Code of Japan) of the Law Concerning Punishment of Physical Violence and Other Related Matters (Law No. 60 of 1926), or by the Law for Prevention and Disposition of Robbery, Theft and Other Related Matters (Law No. 9 of 1930), or by Article 15 or 16 of the Low concerning Prohibition of Profession of special picking tools, and Other Related Matters(LawNo.65 of 2003) during his stay in Japan with the status of residence specified in the left-hand column of Annexed Table I, who subsequently left Japan and whose sentence became final when he was outside of Japan, and for whom 5 years have not yet elapsed from the date when the sentence became final.
(10) A person who has been deported from Japan for coming under any one of Article 24, Item (4), Sub-items (1) to (o).
(11) A person who attempts 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 attempts or advocates the same.
(12) A person who organizes, or is a member of, or is closely affiliated with any of the following political parties or organizations:
(13) A person who attempts to prepare, distribute, or display printed matters, motion pictures, or any other documents or drawings to attain the objectives of any political party or organization provided for in Item (11) or the preceding item.
(14) A person whom, other than those coming under the preceding items, 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.
2. Even in cases where an alien seeking to land in Japan does not fall under any of the items of the preceding paragraph, if the country of which he is a national or citizen denies landing of a Japanese national therein for any reasons other than those given in the items of the same paragraph, the Minister of Justice may deny his landing for the same reasons.
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