90% foreigners want better public support to adjust to life in Japan: poll

About 90 percent of foreign residents in Japan said in a recent government survey that better public support is needed to help improve their living conditions, with assistance in finding housing sought most.The internal affairs ministry survey of 375 foreign students and workers in Japan highlighted the need to enhance the living environment of foreign residents after the country opened up to more workers from overseas with April's launch of a visa system to address a chronic labor shortage.Asked about specific needs in a multiple-choice question, 63.7 percent called for more rentable resid…READ FULL ARTICLE