Foreign graduates in Japan to get more job options

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 labour shortages around Japan, writes Naoki Urano for The Asahi Shimbun.

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. It also plans to introduce the ‘specified skills’ resident status for foreign workers under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
Full report on The Asahi Shimbun site