For a decade, Vietnamese worker Minh did tough jobs like sandblasting ships and welding steel, helping address rapidly ageing Japan's dire labour needs. He considers his internship a success, despite ...

As of June 2024, approximately 600,000 Vietnamese citizens were residing in Japan. The number of Vietnamese residents in Japan has increased tenfold over the last decade as Vietnamese residents ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan is grappling with an ageing population, one of the world's lowest birth rates and labour shortages across industries (Philip ...

Japan is grappling with an ageing population, one of the world's lowest birth rates and labour shortages across industries - Copyright Getty Images North America/AFP ...