The number of foreign workers in Japan as of October 2023 topped 2 million for the first time, government data showed on Friday, as the country grapples with labour shortages.
The Labour Ministry said the foreign worker population reached a record 2,048,675 as of the end of last October, up 225,950, or 12.4 per cent, from the previous year, Xinhua news agency reported.
The number of workplaces hiring foreign nationals rose 6.7 per cent to a new high of 318,775, as firms are increasingly...
Japan`s foreign worker population exceed 2 mn for first time