The Takai administration plans to tighten foreigners’ residence-status screening, including stricter permanent-residency requirements and denying renewals for those with unpaid social insurance premiums. Government and the ruling party are drafting a January basic foreign-policy guideline, with consideration of abolishing a transitional rule that allows a longest stay of five years by meeting a three-year presence. The tech-humanities-international business category remains the second-largest group at 11.6% and has risen rapidly; officials will strengthen screening and curb misuse by employers. To track unpaid obligations, authorities will use the My Number system to share payment data with immigration from fiscal year 9 onward, and deny renewals or changes for those with certain unpaid social-insurance payments; foreign health-insurance payment rates lag behind the overall rate (around 63% versus 93%).