Facing Critical Labor Shortage, Japan Opens Door Wider To Foreign Workers
An aging population and low birth rate have led lawmakers to accept semi-skilled non-Japanese temporary laborers.
Japanese lawmakers have passed controversial legislation expanding the number of semi-skilled foreign workers who can live and work in the notably insular nation for up to five years.
Japan has been pressed to make the change because of a critical labor shortage that results from its rapidly aging society and low birth rate.
