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Japan Toys Gingerly with Allowing in More Gaijin Workers

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Nov 23, 2018
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The steady drain on Japan’s workforce because of aging and population decline is forcing the government to do what was once considered unthinkable, namely to open the country to foreign workers. Just don’t call them immigrants!

This month the government introduced legislation in Parliament that would, for the first time allow immigrants with valid work p…

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