Japan is considering allowing more foreigners to work in the manufacturing industry under a new system aimed at opening the country's labor market to blue-collar workers from abroad, government sources said Friday.The idea has emerged as the government is devising a new residential status to accept more foreign workers in Japan amid the shrinking working-age population. The government is aiming to start operating the new system in April 2019.The system was initially supposed to cover five industries -- agriculture, construction, lodging, nursing and shipbuilding -- but the sources said smal…READ FULL ARTICLE
