A record 832 foreigners living in Japan were stripped of their residency status in 2018, more than double from the year before as the government tightens immigration regulations, authorities said Wednesday.Almost 70 percent of the total consisted of "students" or "technical trainees" who ran afoul of the law by not following the requirements to retain their legal status, the Immigration Services Agency said.Those who had their student status rescinded numbered 412, an increase from 172 in 2017, while 153 individuals had their technical trainee status revoked, up from eight in the year befor…READ FULL ARTICLE
