Japan is considering allowing skilled blue-collar foreign workers to stay in the country permanently with their families, as it struggles with a serious labor shortage amid a population decline, sources close to the matter said Thursday.In what would represent a turning point for Japan's immigration policy, which basically only sanctions the entry of highly skilled professionals, the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seeking to open the door to blue-collar foreign laborers by introducing a new system next April.The government is envisioning two new types of resident status for fore…READ FULL ARTICLE
