0.80
Neutralized75% impact weight
policyverifiedconfidence: high
Japan creates the Specified Skilled Worker visa to address ageing-driven labour shortages (2019)
On 1 April 2019 Japan's revised Immigration Control Act created the Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) residency status, opening 14 labour-shortage sectors to foreign workers (initial five-year target of ~345,150) in response to its ageing and shrinking population; the programme was later expanded toward 19 fields and far larger intake targets.
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On 1 April 2019 Japan's revised Immigration Control Act created the Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) residency status, opening 14 labour-shortage sectors to foreign workers (initial five-year target of ~345,150) in response to its ageing and shrinking population; the programme was later expanded toward 19 fields and far larger intake targets.
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