Japan immigration

Shorthanded Japan restarts skills tests for foreign workers

Tokyo eyes edge in recruiting over Singapore and Middle East

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Tokyo aims to attract more people for jobs in industries that desperately need labor, such as nursing care. (Photo by Koji Uema)

TAITO KUROSE, Nikkei staff writer
June 11, 2020 08:48 JST

TOKYO -- Japan is offering work visa qualification exams for foreign nationals once again as the reopened country seeks the upper hand in the competition for labor from elsewhere in Asia.

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