Japan Wants More Foreign Workers

B1 – Intermediate

Japan has a problem with its aging population. Japanese are getting older but less children are being born. They need a lot of workers but there are not enough people.

The government wants to get workers from other countries.

Find out more about this problem in Japan and the government’s solution to it. Read the article below.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1812/181211-foreign-workers-1.html

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does the expression “to continue along the same path” mean? Use it in your own sentence.
  2. What does “low-skilled” mean? Use it in your own sentence.

Discussion Questions:
1. Why did Japan decide to open the country to more foreign workers?
2. What do you think would be the positive and negative effects of this new policy on Japan?
3. Would you be interested to move to this country?
4. If you were to live in another country, where would it be?
5. What do you think are the good and bad things about moving to a foreign country?

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