Japan to accept Thai workers from flood-hit Japanese firms

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011
Japan to accept Thai workers from flood-hit Japanese firms

Tokyo - The Japanese government said Friday that it had decided to allow thousands of Thai employees at Japanese companies in Thailand to work in Japan as their production is shifted in the wake of the massive floods in the South-East Asian country.

 

Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told a news conference that the measure would remedy the supply chain disruptions caused by the floods.
 
Fujimura said the government was considering accepting several thousand Thai workers from some 30 companies for about six months.//DPA