The Mainichi | 28 August 2018 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 expe... read more
The Japan News | 25 August 2018 The Justice Ministry has entered into the final stage of coordination on establishing a new agency in April 2019 to deal with an increase in foreign workers, ministry sources said. At the Entry and Status Control Agency (te... read more
Japan Times | 23 August 2018 CHIBA – The country’s largest international gateway is hiring more foreign workers to better serve overseas visitors as they arrive in increasing numbers under the government’s policy to promote inbound tourism. The move... read more
LittleIndia.com |22 August 2018 Japan is looking at allowing foreign workers in various sectors, including construction, agriculture, nursing, hotel and ship-building industries, which are facing huge labor shortage. Japan is facing a shortage of workforc... read more
By YUTA SHIMAMOTO Nikkei Asian Review | 24 August 2018 TOKYO — The Japanese government will expand its staff charged with monitoring working conditions for foreign workers to ensure that employers are in legal compliance as the nation prepares to op... read more
The Japan News | 20 August 2018 The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry plans to assist small and midsize manufacturers in the recruitment of foreign workers, as the range of eligible foreigners able to work in Japan will be expanded starting in April 20... read more
Japan Times | 20 August 2018 Most companies support loosening the country’s tight immigration system to cope with a severe labor shortage, but they favor skilled workers who can fit into the workplace, not an influx of unskilled laborers, a poll shows. ... read more
The Mainichi | 19 August 2018 TOKYO — Japan is planning to accept a greater number of caregivers from three Southeastern Asian countries having bilateral free trade agreements with Tokyo as part of efforts to address a labor shortage in the country,... read more
Vietnam News | 13 August 2018 HÀ NỘI — With a rapidly aging population and declining fertility, Japan had to adopt a more open-door approach towards foreign workers to staff its labour-strapped industries, with Vietnamese workers among the fastest gr... read more
Nikkei Asian Review | 6 June 2018 TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday announced plans to accept more workers from abroad to ease Japan’s labor shortages. But the country has a long way to go to facilitate their social integration thro... read more