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Skilled worker visa holders hit record high ahead of new visa program

✍️ Jessica Speed 📅 September 30, 2025 12:00 AM 🕐 Scraped: October 02, 2025

Summary: The Justice Ministry stated that the goal for a new program set to be rolled out in 2027 is to make Japan a 'country of choice' for foreign workers amid a labor shortage.

The number of foreign residents in Japan under the Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) visa status hit a record 336,196 as of the end of

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