Japan to expand job opportunities for foreign vocational students

Move motivated by concern over worker shortage

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Overseas students at Japanese schools attend a jobs fair. (Photo by Takaki Kashiwabara)

EUGENE LANG, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Japanese government is planning to allow overseas students at certain vocational schools here to seek employment in areas outside their focus of studies in an attempt to secure badly needed manpower.

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