Japan’s young workers head abroad as huge wage gap persists

15 Apr 2024 23:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

TOKYO - Mr Tomoki Yoshihara starts his shift at a meat-processing plant in rural Australia at 5am, and earns three times more butchering lambs for almost 50 hours a week than he did as a member of Japan’s military. 

He is among a record number of young Japanese granted working holiday visas in Australia last financial year, lured by higher wages that are made even more attractive by the weakening yen.

Source: https://www.straitstimes.com


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