TOKYO -- Leading Japanese retailer Aeon will take on 4,000 skilled foreign workers groupwide by fiscal 2030 amid severe labor shortages in Japan's food service sector, Nikkei has learned.
Retailer to take advantage of March expansion to key work program

Aeon is one of Japan's top retailers, operating supermarkets, malls and other facilities. (Photo by Shigeru Aoki)
TOKYO -- Leading Japanese retailer Aeon will take on 4,000 skilled foreign workers groupwide by fiscal 2030 amid severe labor shortages in Japan's food service sector, Nikkei has learned.