Japan eyes up to 800,000 more skilled foreign workers over next 5 years

Japan is set to sharply increase the number of foreigners it accepts under its skilled worker visa with plans to receive up to 800,000 people in the next five years, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday.In an attempt to cope with an acute labor shortage, the government is considering adding the road transportation, railway, forestry and timber industries as targets of the visa system, which was introduced in April 2019, the source said.The projected figure for the five years from April this year is more than double the up to 345,150 workers the government had expected to accept th…READ FULL ARTICLE