Japan Welcomed Foreign Workers, Then Left Them in Covid-19 Limbo
- Re-entry ban could sour foreign workers on aging country
- Japan had sought more overseas workers to bolster labor force
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William Chin faced an impossible choice. The long-term resident of Japan left for Taiwan on Tuesday to attend a company board meeting and avoid losing his position as chairman. But now that he’s left Tokyo, there’s no guarantee he’ll be able to return to his wife and daughter.