What's happening: Japan has over 2 million foreign workers now

Japans foreign worker population broke the two million mark for the first time ever, underlining the nations growing reliance on external manpower to mitigate its deepening labor shortage.P)..

The number of foreign workers in Japan reached about 2.05 million as of October 2023, the most on record, the Labor Ministry reported Friday..

The number grew by 12.4% from a year earlier, an acceleration compared with recent years but slower than in some years prior to the pandemic..

Japan is increasingly reliant on foreign workers as its labor shortage worsens in line with broader demographic trends..

Workers from other Asian nations, including Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal, also surged last year, especially in the unskilled labor category, suggesting Japan remained a relatively attractive destination despite the weak yen..

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