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maybeperhapsyes
I'm thinking the problem is more likely to be in the low skilled and manual sectors in Japan than the higher paid technical skillsets.
Then again, Abe knows better doesn't he?
sf2k
without dual citizenship what's the point?
Cricky
Now he "Calls" is that an upgrade from an URGE, or promise? Is there no Shame.
Scrote
What about those slaves who come to Japan as "trainees" for up to five years? You would think that after five years of "training" they would qualify as skilled labour and be eligible to stay in Japan. Unless, of course, their "training" is completely worthless.
Nick in Japan
Great so more "Slave Labour" will enter Japan, who will have their passports taken, shacked up with 50 other workers, and pay ¥150 a hour and when they complained kicked out of Japan with nothing.
Disillusioned
sf2k - without dual citizenship what's the point?
the point is, they need more workers so they squeeze more pension funds out their salaries to prop up the failed system. Japan does offer reasonably attractive salaries for skilled workers. However, they forget to mention that you’ll be paying nearly 35% of your salary for income tax, health insurance, city tax and pension.
dcog9065
I agree more skilled foreigners are needed and they should be welcomed with open arms. No more unskilled foreigners though, we have enough of them here already and they provide little value to the economy and are the most embittered so are a social risk too
fxgai
Construction wouldn’t be short of labour were there not such distortions favoring construction activity in the first place.
For example, the inheritance tax hike a few years ago triggered an apartment construction boom as people rushed to take measures that they believed would help shield them from the tax hike. Construction already has distorted tailwinds as the central bank pins lending rates at unnaturally low levels as the main part of Abenomics. (The glut of apartment supply will put downward pressure on housing costs, a deflationary effect)
The government should quit it with its various economic behavior distorting policies, and would then find it has fewer problems of its own creation to then address.
gogogo
No "talent" is going to come to Japan when with a minimum wage of around 700yen when you can get 2 - 3 times more "minimum" in other countries.
GW
What the............why the hell even bother with this, SKILLED people have options, Japan's offer to come over for a bit then get kicked out is likely NOT going to appeal to many such people......
sf2k
Disillusioned
yeah I know. If we're going to pay the higher taxes at least offer dual. They want people to leave so there's not point in going in the first place
paradoxbox
We'll now see the addition of skilled shelf stockers and register operators to deal with the convenience store staff shortage.
One step forward two steps back as usual.
cucashopboy
haloerika - he isn't (I assume that Scrote is male!). He's talking about foreign workers who supposedly come to Japan to get trained but are used as a source of very cheap labour, sometimes under slavelike conditions. He's criticising the system, not the people.
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802200023.html
IloveCoffee
Actually Japan needs both - high skilled and low skilled workers. Many studies and economists say that low skilled workers increase productivity much more than high skilled workers. More productivity means higher wages, more opportunities and higher standards of living. Ultimately employers should be free to hire whoever they want. They created the job, they own the job, they have the right to choose their employees. It should not be up to a centralized bureaucratic government to decide what kind of labor do businesses need.
smithinjapan
"We need to consider how the current program to accept foreign workers with expertise and technical skills should be as soon as possible,"
You mean his government sponsored labor-trafficking scheme? I guess he means they need to re-work it to draw a little less attention to the fact that they ignore human rights so the big companies can profit and jobs Japan doesn't want to do are filled.
mmwkdw
Start by Banning the "Native Japanese" requirement upon Job Descriptions....
sf2k
Japan isn't going to win the draw on skilled labour. Japan is ranked the last choice in Asia for skilled workers according to a Bloomberg article.
This just looks like the same trotted out platitudes. From housing, to contract law, to residence/citizenship status, Japan will remain last for a long time to come
As long as people are denied to participate in society then society will not receive participation. Pretty simple
Jonathan Prin
I have the profile to get a job in Japan.
Japan will wait my time and my conditions....you can't fight demography by importing millions like Germany tried to do.
I'll select company with foreign like business management, have it paid some incentives about taxes, medical costs and trips to my native country.
sf2k
Sure you can. Works for us in Canada, but please rest assured, that will never happen in Japan, and as such its decline is assured as well. If you wanted to get into Japan now's the time, after the Boomers it's all downhill
JeffLee
No more additional immigration until Japan's own workers are paid in line with the record-high profits their employers are raking in. This move will help keep wages at subsistance levels.
bullfighter
The minimum wage in Japan is set at the prefecture level. (Tokyo is considered a prefecture.) The minimum wage for Tokyo is 958 yen/hour. The national average is 848 yen/hour.
The US federal minimum wage rate is $7.25 per hour or 780 yen at today's exchange rate. Some US states have a higher minimum wage.
The UK minimum wage rate ranges from 3.50 GBP to 7.50 GBP. (Multiply by 1.5 to get yen.)
The Korean minimum wage is 6470 won or 640 yen at today's exchange rate.
I doubt that many skilled workers migrate anywhere expecting to work at the minimum wage.
mmwkdw
The "Native Japanese" language issue IS rife within Japan, as too the predatory nature of recruitment agencies here, which through if you apply for a position within a Company, you're supposidly stuck with them for a period of time contacted between the agency and that company, regardless to the position that may arise in future. This doesnt help agencies, nor candidates.
UlsterBoy
Now here's one for "Japan Today" to investigate, do Japan based Companies still, maintain and share "Black lists"....