Toshihiro Menju, managing director of JCIE/Japan, comments on Japan’s need to welcome foreign workers as it grapples with demographic change, noting, “As the shrinking population becomes a more serious problem and if Japan wants to be seen as a good option for overseas workers, it needs to communicate that it has the proper structure in place to welcome them.”
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This article features Toshihiro Menju, Managing Director and Chief Program Officer at JCIE/Japan, who heads our program on Immigration in Japan.
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