Japan immigration

Japan's growing foreign workforce offers succession lifeline

Immigrants may make up 10% of population by 2040s, forecast shows

20250324N vietnamese factory manager

Yutaka Ofuku, left, who heads a machine parts maker in Osaka, oversees the work of his chosen successor, Vietnamese factory manager Bui Quoc Viet. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama)

EUGENE LANG
March 26, 2025 07:11 JST

TOKYO -- The owner of a machine parts maker in Osaka faced the prospect of the end of his seven-decade-old company.

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