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Demand for non-Japanese workers has been growing, particularly among ski resorts trying to attract inbound visitors with multilingual services.

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Yoshihiro Komaya, chairman of the association of cableway operators in Nagano Prefecture. Short-staffed ski resorts in Nagano Prefecture are increasingly relying on foreign labor, and employers are dangling free use of the winter facilities to secure enough workers for the season.

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The only vocation in Japan without labor shortages are politicians

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