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Japan restarts foreign workers for meal services
Japan moves meal services to food production category for foreign workers starting April.
In brief
Japan moves meal services to food production category for foreign workers starting April. Japan will accept foreign workers for meal services at medical facilities starting April 2027 to address shortages. Originally reported by The Japan Times.
Japan restarts foreign workers for meal services
Japan will accept foreign workers for meal services at medical and welfare facilities starting next April as an emergency measure.
Government moves meal services category
The government plans to move meal services from the restaurant industry category to the food and beverage production category for Type 1 residency status.
Suspended restaurant workers
The government suspended accepting foreign workers in the restaurant industry category in April as Type 1 holders approached 50,000.
Meal service shortages worsen
Shortages of meal service workers at hospitals and other facilities have worsened since the suspension.
Food production category limit
The food and beverage manufacturing category has a limit of 133,500 workers, with 76% of the limit filled as of July.
Elderly care sector expansion
The government will raise the elderly care sector's Type 1 limit by 20,000 to 146,900 while keeping the overall sector limit at 160,700.
Total foreign worker limit
Japan will keep the total foreign worker limit at 1,231,900 until the end of fiscal 2028, including 825,400 Type 1 holders.
The one thing
Japan will accept foreign workers for meal services at medical facilities starting April 2027 to address shortages.
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