TL:DR Fifteen Japanese media outlets submitted a letter to the U.S. government to revise proposed visa changes that would limit foreign journalists’ stays to 240 days (90 for Chinese nationals), down from the current five-year I visa. They warned the new visa restriction would lead to weaker coverage of U.S. affairs and requested two-year residence permits with allowance of two-year extensions.. While U.S. authorities say shorter stays improve national security checks, foreign media outlets are increasingly concerned that journalists writing articles critical of the U.S. administration could be arbitrarily blocked from news-gathering activities.
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