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The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from overseas to address its chronic labor shortage.Most Read from BloombergManhattan’s

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Government data on Friday revealed there were 2.3 million foreign workers in Japan, with a growth rate of 12.4%, equivalent to an additional 254,000 people from a year earlier.

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Vietnamese workers was the largest group with 570,708 people, up 10.1%, followed by Chinese workers who numbered 408,805, up 2.7%.

The number of foreign workers in Japan has hit a record high for the 12th straight year, reflecting severe labor shortages in the country, labor ministry data showed Friday. Foreign workers totaled 2,

THE number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from overseas to address its chronic labour shortage. Read more at The Business Times.

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Japan had a record 2.3 million foreign workers as of October 2024, marking a 12.4 per cent increase from the previous year, according to labour ministry figures released on Jan 31. The number of businesses employing at least one foreign worker also hit a record high of around 342,000, up 7.3 per cent from a year ago, the report showed.

Statistics compiled by the Japanese government show that the number of foreign workers in the country hit a record high last year, surpassing 2.3 million.