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Huser, Sjors (2019)

Unskilled Labour Requests in Japan

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

As Japan is suffering from labour shortages due to it's decreasing demographics and ageing population, foreign workers should present themselves to be a solution to the labour problems in Japan. However Japan has not been freely accepting all sorts of foreign labour, and has been mostly restricting itself to skilled foreign labour. This paper is trying to uncover the reasoning behind this preference for skilled foreign workers, while unskilled foreign workers are also required to solve the labour shortages. This will be done by researching the stance of the labour unions, the government, the companies, and how the language might influence the interaction between the two parties of the Japanese and the foreign workers.

Japan

Foreign workers

Unskilled workers

Human capital

Government

Language

Companies

Labour unions

Author

Huser, Sjors

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

East Asia

Supervisors

Shibata, Saori

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en