Amid a growing number of foreign residents, Fukushima Prefecture is set to initiate a survey in October that will look into their needs and concerns.
Due to the revised immigration control law that took effect in April — which opened the door nationally to more than 340,000 foreign workers over the next five years — the prefecture expects more job opportunities for them and increased diversity.
Thus it aims to create policies that will better match foreign residents' situations to provide an environment in which they can live and work comfortably, which would help the prefecture attract workers from abroad.