Japan Is Opening Its Labor Market — Carefully

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Japan is gradually expanding access to foreign labor, but not in the way many observers assume. Rather than embracing large-scale immigration, the country is developing a carefully managed strategy to adapt to demographic decline while preserving social continuity.

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