For the first time, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya grilled Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in parliament on Thursday. Kamiya, whose party won 14 seats at this year’s Upper House election, said there is “anxiety and dissatisfaction” regarding the number of foreigners in Japan, and that the country appeared to be accepting foreign nationals “without limits.” He added, “What the public wants to reduce is not the number of Diet seats, but the number of foreigners allowed into the country. I’d like to hear the prime minister’s views on whether it will be increased or controlled.”
“It’s true there are fields that require foreign personnel,” replied the prime minister. “The Employment for Skill Development Program and the Specified Skilled Worker Program are intended to enable foreign nationals to play an appropriate role in fields with labor shortages. I will manage them appropriately — for instance by setting limits to the number of people accepted. I will conduct fundamental studies on how we should accept foreign nationals in the future.”
by TokyoWeekender