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Japan slowly opens its doors to foreign workers

Pacific Asia • Jun 24, 2024, 12:59 AM
1 min de lecture
Japan is one of the world's fastest-ageing societies, with one of the lowest birth rates. For its economy to thrive, it needs more workers. On June 14, parliament passed an immigration reform that will lead to a rise in the number of foreign workers. Non-Japanese currently make up just 2.8 percent of the population, a level far lower than in most other developed economies. Our correspondents report from Tokyo.