"Is that to eat here?" Vietnamese workers said cheerfully in Japanese as they practiced taking orders at a training facility of a hamburger shop operator in Tokyo. They were there to learn the fast food business, some of the many foreign workers who have finally been allowed into Japan.
The easing of restrictions on entry into Japan in March for foreign nationals with a "specified skilled worker" visa has enabled their full-fledged flow into the country, much to the relief of businesses desperate to fill labor shortages as the economy reopens.
