Japan proposes foreign worker residence status to allow intermittent stays for 5 years

October 29, 2018 12:58 PM

TOKYO (YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The government plans to allow foreign workers to obtain an envisaged new residence status for relatively simple labour that will enable them to stay and work in Japan intermittently through multiple short-term entries, according to sources. Such workers will be permitted to work in Japan for up to five years in total.

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