Japan Cabinet OKs bill that would allow more foreign workers
Source: Associated Press
By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press | Updated - Nov 2nd, 2018 @ 9:20am | Posted - Nov 2nd, 2018 @ 7:40am
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill that would allow the entry of more foreign blue-color workers as the country's fast-aging population faces labor shortages.
The bill is a major revision of Japan's policy on foreign labor. The country has long resisted accepting foreign workers, except for doctors, teachers and others in highly skilled fields.
The proposed legislation would create two new visa categories for foreigners employed in more than a dozen sectors facing labor shortages, such as nursing, farming, construction and services. The government hopes the bill will be enacted by next April.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied that the relaxed policy on foreign workers means Japan is opening its doors to immigrants, in an attempt to reassure his nationalist supporters.
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