The Cabinet approved a five-year SSW intake target of 820,000 workers (2024–2028), more than double the original 2019–2023 target. Reflects continued severe labour shortages in care work, construction, and hospitality alongside Japan's aging-population trajectory.
Labour-shortage-sector employers and prospective SSW workers from key origin countries (Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines).
Primary: Cabinet Office of Japan ↗
Corroborating: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ↗
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