Japan's Fukuoka eases residency screening for foreign IT engineers

Application process that can take more than 3 months could be completed in weeks

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VMO Japan wants to use the Engineer Visa program to help it attract IT engineers from Vietnam. (Photo courtesy of the company)

MAYUNE HOTTA, Nikkei staff writer

FUKUOKA -- The municipal government of Fukuoka, a city along the northern shore of Japan's southernmost main island, is now fast-tracking visa applications from some foreign IT engineers.

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