{"id":1274,"date":"2019-02-08T08:57:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T08:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pgawards.wpengine.com\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T07:05:47","slug":"local-japanese-governments-slow-to-provide-housing-assistance-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/en\/local-japanese-governments-slow-to-provide-housing-assistance-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Japanese governments slow to provide housing assistance: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There\u2019s a new visa programme for prospective foreign workers in Japan, but are cities and wards ready for them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1275\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1275\" src=\"http:\/\/pgawards.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Local-Japanese-governments-slow-to-provide-housing-assistance-poll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Local-Japanese-governments-slow-to-provide-housing-assistance-poll.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Local-Japanese-governments-slow-to-provide-housing-assistance-poll-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Local-Japanese-governments-slow-to-provide-housing-assistance-poll-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Street life in Tokyo, Japan. Luciano Mortula &#8211; LGM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even with a new visa programme, most major municipalities in Japan are still ill-equipped to help foreign residents adapt to their new environment, according to a survey conducted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Japan-Immigration\/Japanese-cities-lack-support-for-foreign-residents-poll-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikkei Asian Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Only 26 percent of local Japanese governments offered services that help\u00a0foreigners find housing and prevent discrimination against home tenants or buyers, the survey of 253 cities and wards revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Japan is anticipating an inflow of 345,000 foreign workers in the next few years under the amended Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.<\/p>\n<p>The measure, signed December, dangles the new Specified Skills visa allowing the entry of foreign talent pool in such sectors as agriculture, nursing care, construction, 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