Cabinet decision to add 4 fields of "Specified Skills" including car transportation industry. "Specifying Skilled Worker" is a status of residence granted to foreigners who are recognized as having specialized skills.
In the automobile transportation industry, the targets are bus and taxi drivers, and in the railway industry,. The government plans to accept up to 820,000 foreigners in 16 fields, including four new fields, over the next five years. The government will make necessary revisions to ministerial ordinances starting next month.