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TOKYO -- Japan looks to expand its skilled worker visa program, allowing employers in three more industries -- warehouse management, waste disposal and linen supply -- to hire foreign employees as early as 2027. [1]

Mehta & McConnell Workers' Compensation Lawyers Assist Charlotte Construction, Logistics, and Factory Workers When a workplace injury sidelines a construction worker, warehouse operator, or factory employee in North Carolina, Mehta & McConnell often ... (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

TOKYO -- Japanese electronics retailer Bic Camera will make robotic power suits standard for logistics center workers as part of efforts to draw elderly hires and address a labor shortage. [3]

CHON BURI: Police have seized 1,600 tonnes of illegally imported electronic waste and arrested dozens of undocumented migrant workers during a raid on a warehouse in Phanat Nikhom district, authorities said on Sunday. [4]

HONG KONG -- Andy Wang, an IT engineer at a Shanghai-based gaming company, occasionally felt a pang of guilt about his job. [5]

OSAKA -- Panasonic in September will start selling a wearable robot designed to help warehouse and construction workers lift heavy objects -- suggesting that its entry in the field may mark the dawn of a new robotics age. [6]

TOKYO -- Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo is partnering with two robotics startups to automate the last tasks still handled by human workers at its warehouses, a process that the company hopes to complete within five years. [7]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-05-13 · 75% match

Japan eyes skilled worker visas for waste, warehouse management

TOKYO -- Japan looks to expand its skilled worker visa program, allowing employers in three more industries -- warehouse management, waste disposal and linen supply -- to hire foreign employees as early as 2027.

[2] MM bignewsnetwork.com · 85% match

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Mehta & McConnell Workers' Compensation Lawyers Assist Charlotte Construction, Logistics, and Factory Workers When a workplace injury sidelines a construction worker, warehouse operator, or factory employee in North Carolina, Mehta & McConnell often

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-12-20 · 75% match

Cybersuits give Bic Camera warehouse workers a lift

TOKYO -- Japanese electronics retailer Bic Camera will make robotic power suits standard for logistics center workers as part of efforts to draw elderly hires and address a labor shortage.

[4] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 75% match

Police raid illegal e-waste site, arrest undocumented workers in Chon Buri

CHON BURI: Police have seized 1,600 tonnes of illegally imported electronic waste and arrested dozens of undocumented migrant workers during a raid on a warehouse in Phanat Nikhom district, authorities said on Sunday.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-06-09 · 73% match

China's tech workers pushed to limits by surveillance software

HONG KONG -- Andy Wang, an IT engineer at a Shanghai-based gaming company, occasionally felt a pang of guilt about his job.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-07-02 · 71% match

Panasonic bringing wearable robots to construction sites

OSAKA -- Panasonic in September will start selling a wearable robot designed to help warehouse and construction workers lift heavy objects -- suggesting that its entry in the field may mark the dawn of a new robotics age.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-13 · 71% match

Uniqlo taps robot startups to take humans out of its warehouses

TOKYO -- Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo is partnering with two robotics startups to automate the last tasks still handled by human workers at its warehouses, a process that the company hopes to complete within five years.

[8] MM www.theguardian.com · 2025-08-21 · 40% match

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[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2023-02-28 · 55% match

Fire uncovers bootleg liquor at East Pattaya warehouse

Fire uncovered a secret at a Pong warehouse: Bootleg herbal liquor. Firefighters needed nearly an hour to put of the March 25 blaze at the agricultural warehous

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-04-26 · 53% match

Donors Cut Financial Support to Refugee Camp Workers

MAE SARIANG, Thailand — Some 10,000 community workers in nine refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border will be affected by financial cuts as funding declines, according to sources from the refugee community and aid agencies.

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