TEHRAN, December 07 - Japan is set to approve legislation that would officially open the door to foreign workers to do unskilled jobs and possibly eventually become citizens.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Lawmakers were due to vote late Friday on a government proposal to allow hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers to live and work in a country that has long resisted accepting outsiders.
It's seen as an unavoidable step as the country's population rapidly ages and shrinks.
Many short-handed industries, especially in the services sector, already rely heavily on foreign "trainees" and language students. The country also selectively grants visas to white-collar professionals, often from the west.
Bringing in foreign laborers is a last resort after the government tried to meet labor shortages by encouraging more employment of women and older workers and using more robots and other automation.
Source: AP
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