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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

'Specified skilled workers' entering Japan again

Ni Made Susiyantini from Indonesia serves a meal at a nursing home in Iruma, Saitama Prefecture. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Foreign nationals with "specified skilled worker" visa status are once again entering Japan following the easing of border control measures against the coronavirus earlier this month.

Foreign workers had waited a long time for permission to enter the country. Many have found employment at nursing homes, which have suffered from a lack of labor.

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