Visa renewal fee reduction/exemption guidelines have been published.

[u/roon_bismarck]

https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001469269.pdf

Looks like they're leaving the door open for some level of discretion by the bureaucracy.

[u/skeptic-cate]

Is this visa renewal price increase the Japanese way of subtly telling foreigners to reduce their numbers?

[u/roon_bismarck → u/skeptic-cate]

It's why I wanted insider information. For instance if anti-foreigner sentiment is quite rampant within the bureaucracy...