• Peng Jenhui, who is from Taiwan, works as a business development manager at a Tokyo employment agency. He says Japan needs to foster an environment where foreign workers can live more easily without Japanese-language skills. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
    Peng Jenhui, who is from Taiwan, works as a business development manager at a Tokyo employment agency. He says Japan needs to foster an environment where foreign workers can live more easily without Japanese-language skills. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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With the goal of attracting more skilled foreign workers, Japan moved to relax requirements for permanent residency for such individuals last April.

Before the change, skilled non-Japanese workers had to stay in Japan for at least five years before applying for permanent residency, but now only one year is required.

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