0.16
Neutralized75% impact weight
Japan's SSW visa was created explicitly to counter labour shortages caused by one of the world's fastest-ageing populations.
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Japan implements the Specified Skilled Worker residence status (2019)
On 1 April 2019 Japan implemented the Specified Skilled Worker residence status, enabling qualified foreign workers to work in designated sectors facing serious labour shortages. Contemporaneous OECD analysis places the measure within Japan's response to a shrinking and ageing workforce. The record concerns the implemented labour-migration channel, not a claim that it fully offsets demographic ageing.
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On 1 April 2019 Japan implemented the Specified Skilled Worker residence status, enabling qualified foreign workers to work in designated sectors facing serious labour shortages. Contemporaneous OECD analysis places the measure within Japan's response to a shrinking and ageing workforce. The record concerns the implemented labour-migration channel, not a claim that it fully offsets demographic ageing.
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