Japan Inc. rushes to hire overseas talent as border reopens

Concerns arise over another COVID wave and higher costs

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Rakuten Group hopes that it will become easier to hire foreign talent as Japan opens up to business travel again. (File photo by Yukinori Okamura)

JADA NAGUMO and RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- As Japan takes steps to reopen borders for business travelers and students, a number of companies are taking the opportunity to ramp up recruitment of foreign talent amid a shrinking labor force.

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