{
  "id": 15816955,
  "title": "Japan Worker Shortage Puts Paper Teachers in Spotlight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/japan-worker-shortage-puts-paper-teachers-in-spotlight",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T22:48:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "News On Japan",
    "slug": "news-on-japan",
    "url": "https://newsonjapan.com/article/151107.php"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Local governments across Japan are stepping up efforts to recruit people who hold teaching licenses but are not working in schools, known as \"paper teachers,\" as a worsening teacher shortage has seen the national ratio of applicants to available elementary school teaching positions fall from 12.5 in fiscal 2000 to just 2 in 2025. (News On Japan)",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}