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WORKERS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2023
As Japan grays, young Indonesians train to fill caregiver vacancies
According to estimates, only about 130,000 of the 340,000 vacancies on a Japanese government program to employ foreigners with special skills, in sectors like caregiving, have been filled.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 30, 2023
Japan to face 11 million worker shortfall by 2040, study finds
The working age population is expected to rapidly decline from 2027, according to the study by independent think tank Recruit Works Institute.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 27, 2023
Japan needs more than just new visa options to attract highly skilled workers
Better wages, improved incentives and overhauled working styles are seen as bigger factors in drawing top foreign talent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2023
Only 16% of Japan assembly heads ready to discuss referendum votes for foreign residents
Individuals without Japanese citizenship are not permitted to vote in elections, but local governments have the power to introduce ordinances allowing them a say in referendums.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2023
Government to screen Japanese-language schools to ensure quality
New legislation will also require instructors at certified schools to obtain a new national qualification for teaching Japanese.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2023
Japan to create new visa pathways to lure high earners and top grads
The new pathways are intended to simplify the immigration process and help attract “top-level” talent.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 30, 2023
Gifu construction firm paves the way in developing skilled foreign workers
At Concrete Pump, based in Kakamigahara, three Chinese nationals have obtained a newly established resident status that allows foreign nationals to work almost indefinitely in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2023
Japan's foreign worker population hits record 1.82 million despite COVID impact
While the figures continue a string of consecutive new annual highs recorded since 2013, the year-on-year increase was far below the 13.6% rise in 2019 due to the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2023
Japan considers new child-rearing allowance for nonregular workers
The envisioned allowance is aimed at reducing economic burdens on workers not covered by the country's child care leave system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2022
Panel reviewing Japan's foreign trainee program holds first meeting
The program has come under scrutiny due to accounts of physical abuse and the withholding of pay.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2022
Government sets up panel to review technical intern program for foreign trainees
Cases of harassment and abuse of foreign trainees on the Technical Intern Training Program has resulted in mounting criticism at home and abroad for the decades-old program.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2022
Weak yen could keep foreign workers away from Japan
The yen's rapid slide against the dollar has eroded the value of overseas remittances, causing concern at firms that rely on staff from abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2022
45% of Japan firms interested in hiring foreign nationals: survey
Clerical and managerial positions were cited most, followed by salespeople, engineers and specialists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2022
Singapore hunts for global ‘rainmakers’ with new expat visa
The introduction of the Overseas Networks and Expertise (ONE) pass as well as other steps that make it easier to hire expats are a response to the tight labor market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Sep 5, 2022
Japan’s foreign workers face a new post-COVID landscape
Tighter border controls amid the pandemic have kept technical interns and specified skilled workers from entering Japan. With restrictions now easing, can the government lure them back?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2022
Japan's tight jobs market fails to deliver on egalitarian promise
The emergence of the freelance class poses a challenge to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has pledged to redistribute wealth through wage hikes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 31, 2022
Justice Ministry seeks ¥27 billion to support foreign residents
The ministry plans to expand consultation services for foreign nationalsu00a0as the number of arrivals is expected to increase due to relaxed border controls.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2022
Japan to raise caps for skilled foreign workers at manufacturers
Of the limits set for 12 industry sectors covered under the increase, the cap for food- and beverage-makers and that for machinery and other manufacturers will be raised.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2022
Moment of truth as Japan eyes review of foreign 'trainee' workers
Some employees feel the country needs to welcome more foreign workers as immigrants to keep the economy going.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2022
Japan investigating mistreatment of pregnant foreign trainees
The government is conducting a survey to determine whether trainees have been forced by employers or intermediary groups to leave the country because they became pregnant or gave birth.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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