Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October ⁠24%

By Jessica Speed⁠0%

7/3/2026, 6:24:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Anchoring Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 43 hits. Analysis detected 201 faulty-reasoning hits from 112 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 36.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (16,234 of 21,175 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 76.70% of the article peer group.

The government has unveiled its draft guidelines for fee hikes for foreign nationals applying to change or renew their status of residence, as well as for those seeking permanent residency, from Oct. 
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In a news briefing Thursday, Immigration Service Agency (ISA) officials outlined to reporters the new fee structure, which follows the May enactment of an amended immigration law that raised the statutory ceiling on fees for residence permits. 
Currently, foreign nationals pay ¥6,000 ($37) when applying in person to change their status of residence or renew their period of stay, while the fee for permanent residence permission is ¥10,000. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.4%The Japan Times: 3.5%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 27.7%Jessica Speed: 1.1%The Japan Times: 1.9%Anchoring Bias27.7%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 3.9%The Japan Times: 4.7%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.8%The Japan Times: 1.3%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.7%The Japan Times: 2.0%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 38.4%Jessica Speed: 6.5%The Japan Times: 14.3%Framing Effect38.4%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.2%The Japan Times: 0.8%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 27.7%Jessica Speed: 1.1%The Japan Times: 1.3%Status Quo Bias27.7%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 2.9%The Japan Times: 4.7%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 2.8%The Japan Times: 3.3%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 9.8%Jessica Speed: 5.7%The Japan Times: 11.5%Negativity Bias9.8%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.8%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.1%The Japan Times: 1.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.4%The Japan Times: 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.5%The Japan Times: 1.5%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.4%The Japan Times: 2.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.9%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 33.0%Jessica Speed: 4.8%The Japan Times: 5.6%Appeal to Authority33.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.5%The Japan Times: 1.6%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.6%The Japan Times: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 2.7%The Japan Times: 4.5%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.6%The Japan Times: 3.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 2.9%The Japan Times: 4.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.4%The Japan Times: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.3%The Japan Times: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.3%The Japan Times: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 2.0%The Japan Times: 3.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 33.0%Jessica Speed: 1.4%The Japan Times: 4.5%Unattributed Quote33.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.7%The Japan Times: 1.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 9.8%Jessica Speed: 4.3%The Japan Times: 8.9%Biased Writer Voice9.8%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 3.8%The Japan Times: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.0%The Japan Times: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

112 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker33%attributed speech75writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 32 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageImmigration Service Agency (ISA) • 37 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 31 words • 0.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
37 attributed words100% of attributed speech99% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Immigration Service Agency (ISA): 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-14.7 ptsWriter: 14.7%Immigration Service Agency (ISA): 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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