The nation will try to lure additional highly skilled foreign professionals and exchange students as part of a drive to stimulate the stagnant economy, according to the latest draft of an immigration policy review compiled by the Justice Ministry.
The plan to "facilitate efforts to accept foreign talents who can help invigorate the economy and society" constitutes part of a seven-point review on the nation's immigration policy preliminarily unveiled by the ministry during a meeting of a Liberal Democratic Party panel on Thursday.
The review, which the LDP endorsed at the meeting, will serve as a basis for immigration policy over the next five years.