Japan is hoping to tackle a worsening manpower shortage in its transportation industry by licensing up to 24,500 foreign taxi, bus, and truck drivers by fiscal year 2028. While public acceptance of ...

While many foreigners work in this east Japan town, the cost of hiring them is increasing year by year. What exactly is the ...

In an effort to boost the country’s declining population, Japan’s government has announced international vocational students will be given more job options in-country upon graduation. Guidelines from ...

At the special nursing home Ainohana in this Gunma Prefecture town, a Filipino worker leads an elderly female resident to the dining ･･･ ...

In May 2023, an expert panel submitted a mid-term report to the Minister of Justice in Japan proposing to abolish the country’s Technical Intern Training Program (TITP). It is hoped the report will ...

Japan is already North Carolina’s top international business partner. State leaders believe there’s still more to be done to ...

While Japan has recently seen harsh views directed at foreigners, in the town of Oizumi in eastern Japan's Gunma Prefecture, ...