Published: Nov 18, 2021, 06:30 IST | Updated: Nov 18, 2021, 06:30 IST
Japan is looking to allow foreigners in certain blue-collar jobs to stay indefinitely starting as early as the 2022 fiscal year, marking a major shift for a country long closed to immigrants. If the revision takes effect, such workers — many from Vietnam and China — would be allowed to renew their visas indefinitely and bring their families with them.