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Japan Labor Shortage Prompts Shift to Hiring Permanent Workers

Temporary hiring blamed for sluggish consumer demand

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Japan’s tightest labor market in decades shows signs of reversing a long shift toward the hiring of temporary workers.

The number of full-time, permanent workers is rising for the first time since the global financial crisis, outpacing growth in temporary jobs over the past two years.