Rappler Philippines | 20 October 2018 MANILA, Philippines – More than 50,000 skilled workers from the Philippines have the chance to get employed in Japan in the next 6 years once the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe finalizes its new rules for giving temporary residence to foreign manual laborers. Japan’s parliament is set to […]
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The Mainichi | 12 October 2018 TOKYO — The Ministry of Justice on Oct 12 announced the gist of a draft bill to expand the acceptance of foreign workers for a little over 10 industries, including construction and nursing care, suffering from chronic labor shortages. According to the ministry, the bill is a revision to
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Asahi Shimbun | 12 October 2018 Cabinet ministers on Oct. 12 approved a broad outline of the new “specified skills” residence status, including a sub-category that will allow foreign workers to bring over family members and stay for extended periods. The new visas are designed to address chronic labor shortages in specific fields in Japan
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Japan Times |11 October 2018 The government is considering allowing blue-collar foreign workers with certain skills to live permanently in the country with their families, as Japan struggles with a serious labor shortage amid a declining population, sources said Thursday. In what would represent a turning point for the country’s immigration policy, which more or
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The Marketplace | 10 October 2018 Since the government established the intern program in the early 1990s, it has continuously grown. Currently, over 35,000 businesses use it, according to the Organization for Technical Intern Training (OTIT), a government-funded agency set up last year to oversee the program. Indeed, many interns willingly pay a small fortune
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Nikkei Asian Review | 4 October 2018 TOKYO — The Japanese government will provide assistance to small and midsize businesses employing or planning to employ foreigners, as the country seeks to secure enough labor to keep its economy humming. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will open some 30 multiligual help centers around the
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The Nation | 28 September 2018 The labor ministry plans to enhance the consultation and advice systems available to companies that hire foreign workers who come to Japan under a new residential status expected to be introduced next fiscal year. The centerpiece of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry’s plan is the stationing of about
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The Mainichi | 26 September 2018 TOKYO — Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Sept. 26 that the government will consider opening up more than 10 industries to foreign workers with a new five-year residency status to be introduced in April next year. “More than 10 industries will face serious trouble without foreign workers,” Suga
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