THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 12, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Vina, an Indonesian worker, examines automotive component parts manufactured by her company, Iwadukasei, in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on June 11. (Tomonori Asada)
OKAZAKI, Aichi Prefecture—Even in a prefecture hosting Toyota Motor Corp. and its myriad of subcontractors, Yoshinobu Uchida finds it difficult to recruit workers for his plastic components factory. [Read More]
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