TOKYO -- The number of foreign nationals working in Japan has topped 2 million for the first time, the labor ministry reported on Friday, as the country takes in more factory hands, caregivers and other labor from Southeast Asia.
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A Vietnamese welder works in Japan. (Photo by Shugo Tamura)
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