347 pass Japan's foreign worker exam for food service industry

Nearly 350 of the first group of foreigners applying for Japanese resident status under the country's new visa system to work in the food service industry passed a qualification exam, an implementing body said Tuesday.The Organization for Technical Skill Assessment of Foreign Workers in Food Industry said 347, or 75.4 percent, of 460 examinees cleared the language and skills tests held in Tokyo and Osaka last month.The successful candidates are expected to start working possibly from July, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries which oversees the food service indus…READ FULL ARTICLE