>The Japanese government will set up an expert panel as early as this month to review regulations on accepting foreign nationals into the country, government and ruling party officials said.>The initiative is a signature policy of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Based on the panel's discussions, the government plans to consider measures for "quantitative management" of foreign residents and draw up a "population strategy" including numerical targets within the current fiscal year. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260724/p2a/00m/0na/022000c