One of the least friendly nations with immigrants now wants them in the long term
One of the least friendly nations with immigrants now wants them in the long term
TOKYO: Japan said it planned to allow blue collar migrant workers with certain skills to work in the country without a time limit, a break with long-standing practice.
It is part of a bill on foreign workers that the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he intended to pass in Parliament this year and put into effect on April 1, 2019, in response to a serious shortage of workers In industries such as construction and agriculture.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Friday that Japan was "aiming to be a country where foreigners will want to work and live."
Mr. Abe had said earlier this year that he wanted to create A new program for foreign workers.. But it was not clear how long those workers would be allowed to stay.
The bill released on Friday creates a two-way system: one for less qualified workers who can stay for five years and a second for those who are considered to have "competent technical skills." The latter could remain in Japan indefinitely and bring the family. members to join them.
Japan has long resisted large-scale immigration, in part because of the perception that the cultural fabric of a nation in which most people are of the same ethnic group could fray. The tone of Mr. Abe and business executives has changed as the native population decreases and Employers struggle to find workers..
Even so, the subject is delicate. Mr. Suga, the chief cabinet secretary who serves as coordinator of the foreign worker plan, was upset when asked to reconcile the new plan with Mr. Abe's frequent commitment not to adopt an "immigration policy." It means that the prime minister does not want to allow manual workers to remain in Japan permanently.
"Absolutely nothing has changed," Suga said. He said that technically competent blue collar workers should be considered similar to those in white-collar occupations, such as corporate executives and teachers, who have been allowed to remain in Japan indefinitely if an employer needs their skills.
The number of foreign workers almost doubled in five years to 1.28 million in October 2017, the most recent data available. Many are students who work side by side or blue collar students in a program that is apparently intended to train people from developing countries, but it operates in practice as a source of low-wage labor.
Toshihiro Menju, who is managing director of the Japan International Exchange Center and has studied foreign workers, said he was concerned that the new plan could repeat the problems of the training program. Workers in that program have complained about paying thousands of dollars to brokers in their home country to be located in Japan, only to find abusive employers once they arrived.
However, Mr. Menju said the new program could help small Japanese manufacturers find long-term immigrants to replace veteran artisans who are retiring. "It's important to have workers really trained to stay," he said.
Write to Peter Landers in peter.landers@wsj.com
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