The number of foreign employees in Japan reached a record 2.3 million as of the end of last October, maintaining a growth rate of 12.4 percent, the same as the previous year, government data showed Friday, as the nation continues to attract labor despite the weak yen.The foreign worker population has logged consecutive annual highs since 2013, with holders of the Specified Skilled Worker visa, which allows people from overseas to work in labor-strapped industries such as nursing care and construction, rising 49.4 percent in the latest reporting year to 206,995, according to the Ministry of …READ FULL ARTICLE
