Some lawmakers say the policy should be revised as the country faces labour shortage issue as a result of sliding birth rate. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan’s defence ministry is thinking of scrapping a ban on tattoos to boost recruitment numbers in its Self-Defence Force, Japanese media reported.This is due to a ministry directive, based on Article 58 of the Self-Defence Forces Law, the Asahi Shimbun said.Mr Kazuhito Machida, head of the ministry’s Personnel and Education Bureau, said the government needs to consider reviewing the rule, given the nation’s declining birthrate.
Mr Masahisa Sato, a lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, had raised the tattoo issue at the Upper House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on May 9.
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