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The Japan Times on 2019-03-26 11:05

METI tells convenience store operators to come up with plans to cope with Japan’s labor crunch

The lack of workers is proving to be a huge challenge to convenience stores, which have become important cogs in the nation’s social infrastructure.

Hiroshige Seko

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