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Foreign Residents, Accidents and Overstays Stoke Japan's Safety Anxiety

Three stories landed at once: a Turkish national's indictment over a fatal crash in Saitama, the arrest of six Vietnamese nationals for an overstay of up to nine years in Hamamatsu, and a viral video of a multi-car crash in Adachi. Together they turned foreign residents' driving, overstays, and police response into a single wave of public anxiety.