A record 2,829,416 foreigners were registered as residents in Japan as of the end of June, bolstered by a rising number of technical interns and workers amid a severe shortage of labor in the country, government data showed Friday.The figure was up 3.6 percent from the previous high at the end of last year, according to the Immigration Services Agency.Technical trainees totaled 367,709, eclipsing the number of foreign students at 336,847, while there was a sharp rise in other work-linked visa holders, the agency said.Those arriving on a visa for engineers and international services stood at…READ FULL ARTICLE
