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Japan – The Justice Ministry plans to widen the Designated Activities visa to allow foreign graduates of universities in Japan to work at low-skilled hospitality jobs and further alleviate labor shortages around Japan.
Companies in various industries, such as convenience store operators and retail outlets, and those outside major cities have called on the government for long-term measures to replenish their depleted work forces, particularly as tourist numbers continue to increase.
The ministry has drafted a policy that will make it easier for foreigners who graduate from universities or graduate schools in Japan to gain jobs in the country. Specifically, it wants to give them more job opportunities that make use of their high-level Japanese language skills.
The ministry aims to introduce the new measures in April.
The ministry will expand the scope of the Designated Activities visa to cover work at convenience stores and other retail shops, such as electronics stores.
Those targeted are foreigners who have graduated from four-year university programs or graduate schools in Japan and achieved N1, the highest level in the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).
Source and full English article: The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201902180046.html
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