Japan Eyes Foreign Workers for Olympics Amid Construction Glut
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Japan may relax curbs on the entry of foreign blue-collar workers to cope with a labor shortage in the construction industry ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
“We aim to have urgent measures in place by the end of the year on the use of foreign personnel,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters today in Tokyo. “The number of construction industry workers is falling,” and the market may tighten further ahead of the Olympics, he said.