Japan Is Faced with a Shortage of Workers Because of the Aging

question 33

Multiple Choice

Japan is faced with a shortage of workers because of the aging and declining population.How are they attempting to address this problem?

• A) encouraging more Japanese people to work
• B) relying mostly on new immigrants
• C) shifting to more automation in the factories that don't require so many workers
• D) encouraging Japanese to adopt children from other countries
• E) They are not addressing it and hoping the economy decreases.

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