Japan On The Path To Welcome Skilled Immigration

19 Sep 2018

Japan is an Asian giant and a patriotic country which has survived two nuclear bomb attacks. Presently it is suffering from a labor shortage, and has also opened its door to attract skilled immigration. The Industries now favorable to the foreign nationals are convenience stores, farming, and car manufacturers.

The criteria to distinguish between skilled and unskilled workers

The government will not have an open immigration policy. There will be a suitability test by the firms to distinguish skilled and unskilled workers. Passing the test as a skilled worker is compulsory to work in Japan.

Five-year work-permit

Marking a change, the overseas nationals, who clear the test successfully, will get a work visa for 5 years. It can be extended for an entire life where the skilled worker can invite the members of his family to stay with him in the country.

Employers favor it to tackle labor shortage

The unskilled outside labor can serve as cheap labor for many companies. As per a survey, presently there is a trend to hire overseas nationals.

Japan favors the technological breakthroughs. Mainly, the Japanese firms will opt to invest in the Artificial Intelligence instead of allowing unskilled workers. Many firms have invested in the Automation Technology for overcoming the challenge of labor shortage. Many Convenience Stores and the Restaurants also hire foreign students who are permitted to work off-campus for 28 hours in a week.  Furthermore, there is also a fear that the open immigration will threaten public safety.

Today many European countries are unhappy at the open immigration policy, and Japan thinks similarly. Japanese are not interested to hire Overseas Workers, because of cultural differences and language barriers.

Preference for knowing Japanese language

There is data to show that foreign workers are less than 2% of the total workers. In a few countries across the world, this figure is 38%. Japanese firms are more willing to hire foreign employees who completed their studies in the universities of Japan and knew the Japanese language. We, at Opulentus, will provide all the information in this aspect, and also on all associated matters to our patrons.

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