Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

Is Golden Week starting tomorrow?

We're open as usual—even on national holidays.

It looks like I won't be able to take any time off this year, for one reason or another...

But that's beside the point.

The Foreign Technical Intern Training Program, which I wrote about previously, has been extended by two years to a total of five years.

Did you know?

I wasn't really interested in it myself, so I didn't pay much attention to it, but,

It looks like things might change a bit between the third and fifth years.

With a three-year term, it felt like people were leaving just as they were getting the hang of the job, but with a five-year term, we can build a team that’s fully capable of carrying out the work.

It seems there are exams and other requirements for extending the term, but I don't know whether those requirements are difficult or easy to meet.

But when you really think about it, isn't this just the labor shortage that existed up until the recent Olympic bubble?

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If we keep letting in more and more foreigners, what will the ratio between them and the available jobs be?

Do government offices really assign that much work??

That's what I think.

Even though there isn't that much work. There's a chance they'll just hire people and then turn a blind eye to everything else.

It's hard to find a balance between your personal life and work, isn't it?

However, even though this many foreign workers are still coming in,

Some general contractors say they won't hire foreign workers.

Even though it is a national policy.

If we don't figure out a way to resolve this issue, I wonder what will happen once the career advancement system goes live.

I found myself thinking, “Maybe it’s about time we started thinking about hiring foreign workers, too.”

See you later.