Hope, anxiety surround Japan over opening up to more foreign workers

Business leaders on Saturday welcomed Japan's move to accept more foreign workers as a way to ease the aging nation's acute labor crunch, but some local governments appeared unsure how they should brace for a possible influx of foreigners."We welcome the enactment that is to earnestly deal with the issue of securing supporters for social life and the industrial base as (Japan) faces a serious population decline," Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, said in a statement.Labor-hungry Japan OKs allowing more foreign workers from AprilThe legislation, enacted in the pre…READ FULL ARTICLE