TOKYO -- Restaurants and retailers in Japan can no longer survive without help from abroad. Some severely understaffed convenience stores, among others, have more foreign staff than Japanese.
Japan immigration
For Japan's convenience stores, no foreign staff means no sale
Dearth of Japanese applicants has service industries looking abroad for help
Wang Qian, from China, right, who manages a Lawson outlet in Tokyo's Minato Ward, teaches a new employee how to operate a cash register.
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