Mind the labor gap: Worker crunch piles pressure on small-town Japan

23 Dec 2024 02:09 | JHRS (Administrator)

INO, Kochi Prefecture--Over the last decade, Masato Shiota brought his papermaking business back from the brink, paying down debt and buying machinery to automate some production. But he struggles to find workers to keep output at full capacity.

Source: https://www.asahi.com

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