Improving labor conditions key to luring foreign restaurant workers

Kim Min Joong, a 23-year-old South Korean, is expecting his working holiday visa will soon be replaced by a new residential visa that the Japanese government introduced in April to bring in more foreign workers."Two years in school are not enough to master Japanese cuisine. Thanks to the revised law, I believe I will have more time to learn cooking techniques and gain good experience," said Kim at a "teppanyaki" iron-griddle steak restaurant in Tokyo's Roppongi district.On the back of its rapidly graying population and declining birthrate, Japan launched the so-called Specified Skilled Work…READ FULL ARTICLE