TOKYO (Kyodo) — As Japan is set to open the door to blue-collar laborers from abroad next April, the government has decided to upgrade the Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau into an agency to respond to an expected surge in work, government sources said Monday.
The ministry will request 3 billion yen ($27 million) to set up the planned agency, also next April, when Japan starts accepting foreign workers under a new residency status, details of which are expected to be discussed in parliament this fall.
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