[Title] Record of Discussions, Agreement on the Legal Status and Treatment of Nationals of the Republic of Korea Residing in Japan between Japan and the Republic of Korea.
In the course of the negotiations for conclusion of the Agreement on the Legal Status and the Treatment of Korean Nationals residing in Japan, the following statements were made respectively by the Japanese and Korean sides:
Japanese Representative:
(a) In the application of the provisions of paragraph 1 (a) of Article I of the Agreement, it is the policy of the Government of Japan to regard the period between the departure from Japan for military service or for compulsory labour recruitment and the arrival in Japan under the repatriation programme as the period of continued residence in Japan.
(b) The following will be included among those which a person applying for permission for permanent residence in accordance with the provisions of Article I of the Agreement is to submit or produce:
(i) Application for permission for permanent residence
(ii) Photograph
(iii) Statement on family relations and residence record in Japan
(iv) Certificate of alien registration.
(c) The term "such measures as it deems necessary" referred to in paragraph 1 of the part of the Agreed Minutes to the Agreement regarding Article IV of the Agreement means guidance, advice and recommendation given by the Ministry of Education in accordance with the laws and regulations presently in force.
(d) The term "such measures as it deems necessary" in paragraph 3 of the part of the Agreed Minutes to the Agreement regarding Article IV of the Agreement includes amendment of the ordinance of the Ministry of Welfare. However, since a preparatory period of considerable length will be necessary for taking such measures, the Government of Japan will ensure that those Korean nationals will be insured under the National Health Insurance as from the first day of the fiscal year following the fiscal year to which the first day after the lapse of one year from the date of the entry into force of the Agreement belongs.
(e) The Republic of Korea is designated in the notification under the Cabinet Order concerning the Acquisition of Properties by Aliens as a country to which the said Order shall not apply, and the Government of Japan has no intention to delete it upon the entry into force of the Agreement.
(f) It is the policy of the Government of Japan that, when a national of the Republic of Korea who is given permission for permanent residence in Japan in accordance with the provisions of Article I of the Agreement intends to leave Japan and applies for re-ent{sic}y permission, it will, within the scope of the laws and regulations, handle such application as favourably as possible.
Korean Representative:
(a) It is the policy of the Government of the Republic of Korea that, after the entry into force of the Agreement, it will co-operate with the Government of Japan in accepting nationals of the Republic of Korea to be deported from Japan under the laws and regulations of Japan concerning immigration control.
(b) The Government of the Republic of Korea, while recognizing that a preparatory period of considerable length will be necessary for taking "such measures as it deems necessary" referred to in paragraph 3 of the part of the Agreed Minutes to the Agreement regarding Article IV of the Agreement, expects that such measures will be taken as soon as possible.
(c) The Government of the Republic of Korea is prepared to consider with the Government of Japan measures for co-operating with the latter to the extent possible at the latter's request in order to stabilize the life of the nationals of the Republic of Korea residing in Japan and relieve the poor among them.
M. Y.
K. H. L.