TOKYO, Japan — Japan saw its biggest year-on-year jump in foreign workers since records began, government data showed Friday, as the country seeks to address labor shortages exacerbated by its ageing population.
In October 2024, the nation's foreign workforce stood at 2.3 million — an increase of around 254,000 people from a year earlier, labour ministry data showed.That marks the biggest jump since records began in 2008, and is the latest in a series of annual record-breaking increases.The total has jumped around threefold from a decade ago, in 2014, when the number of foreign workers stood at 788,000.
Friday's data showed Vietnamese, Chinese and Filipinos were the top three nationalities in Japan's foreign labour force.Among the most common jobs held by foreign workers were positions in the manufacturing, hospitality, and retail sectors.A 'technical intern' programme continued to account for a sizable portion of the foreign workforce, at 20.4 percent.
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