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Japan Government Adopted New Economic Plan to Allow More Foreign Workers
Japan Government Adopted New Economic Plan to Allow More Foreign Workers- Details, Facts, Purpose
Japan's Government governed by president Shinzo Abe, has approved to adopt an economic plan that will allow more foreign workers to work in their country. This new proposal will help rapidly aging country to make up for its declining workforce.
In recent times, the number of foreign workers in Japan has nearly doubled to 1.28 million.
Under the plan, Japan will relax visa requirements in sectors facing severe labor shortages such as agriculture, nursing care, construction, and transport. Highly skilled professionals will be allowed in new categories of this visa regime. It will create a new five-year visa category for non-professional foreign workers.
The non-professional foreign workers will be allowed to stay in Japan for only up to five years as visitors, not as immigrants. They will be not allowed to be accompanied by family members.
Applicants for new visa status will need to pass certain skill tests and have some degree of Japanese language proficiency in order to receive new five-year visas.
The plan does not scheme to acquire cheap labor or change to Japan's immigration policy.
