In controversial shift, Japan aims to open door wider for foreign blue-collar workers

TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet approved draft legislation on Friday (Nov 2) to open the door to more overseas blue-collar workers in sectors grappling with labour shortages, a controversial policy shift in immigration-shy Japan.

Japan's immigration debate is heating up even as US President Donald Trump puts the topic front and centre for next week's Congressional mid-term elections.

Immigration has long been taboo as many Japanese prize ethnic homogeneity, but the reality of an ageing, shrinking population is challenging such views.



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