Foreign workers in Japan hit a record high in 2025, totaling 2.57 million as of the end of October, up 11.7% from the year before, as the country suffers from an acute labor shortage due to a shrinking population, health ministry data released Friday showed.
The number of foreign workers has been increasing steadily for more than a decade, hitting a record high for 13 years straight. The latest figure is nearly triple the number in 2015, when it was about 900,000.
The release of the figures comes a week after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration announced a package of policies related to foreign residents and visitors aimed at tightening regulations as well as offering better access to Japanese language classes.
by SkyInJapan
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Fantastic!!
This is a good a place to ask as any because if I make this into a genuine question thread it will just get downvoted.
Why are there so many Nepalese (or perhaps people surrounding countries) all of a sudden in the Kashiwa area? That number has exploded in the past 2 years and I have no idea if they are students or workers.
Don’t most population statistics reach a record every year?
So why the number is up? Need to ask real Japanese for theirs view. Do you see this as a relief because your society has the help you needed to be able to functioning, and you paid the minimum. Or you are seeing this as a burden?
The sentiment towards foreign recently in the public and politics is not good at all. Its really hurt the people that come here to work.
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