Foreigner influx fuels demand for Japanese-language learning

Human Holdings teaches Philippine workers, while Sundai offers new proficiency test

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Japan's Human Holdings will launch a joint venture in the Philippines focused on teaching Japanese to prospective workers.

ATSUKO SANO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The growing ranks of foreign workers coming into Japan thanks to more liberal immigration reforms have prompted businesses here to adopt wider roles in teaching the local language to new arrivals.

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