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AI filling customer service roles in Japan amid labor shortage

TOKYO - A range of Japanese companies have recently begun using  artificial intelligence to fill necessary  customer service roles, demonstrating proficiency in more complex...

Bitter harvest: Malaysian oil palm farmers face labor crunch

By M. Jegathesan IJOK, Malaysia—Overripe palm oil fruits hang untouched in trees while others lie rotting scattered around a plantation, as Malaysian farmers reap the...

Labor shortage makes Greek olive harvest a family affair

By Alexandros Kottis KALAMATA, Greece"•Nestled amid ancient ruins overrun by vegetation, Nikos Argirakis’ estate in Greece’s main olive growing region usually has dozens of foreign...

Japan enacts law to accept foreign workers

Tokyo—Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition early Saturday rammed through legislation to bring more blue-collar foreign workers into the country, in a controversial...

Japan’s labor shortage prompts regular hiring

Japan’s tightest labor market in decades shows signs of reversing a long shift toward the hiring of temporary workers. The number of full-time, permanent workers...
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