Shorthanded Japan restarts skills tests for foreign workers

Tokyo eyes edge in recruiting over Singapore and Middle East

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Tokyo aims to attract more people for jobs in industries that desperately need labor, such as nursing care. (Photo by Koji Uema)

TAITO KUROSE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan is offering work visa qualification exams for foreign nationals once again as the reopened country seeks the upper hand in the competition for labor from elsewhere in Asia.

Tests for agricultural jobs are being administered this month in Cambodia, where the coronavirus outbreak has been surprisingly small. Exams for nursing care jobs were offered there last month after cancellations in April amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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