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  "id": 7740111,
  "title": "Over 60% of Japanese companies face problems without more foreign workers: survey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/over-60-of-japanese-companies-face-problems-without-more-foreign",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T08:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/16/japan/foreign-labor-survey/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In nursing and healthcare, 93.8% of employers said not hiring more foreign workers would cause problems.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SoraNews24",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/are-japanese-temples-on-mt-koya-cashing-in-on-the-foreign-tourism-boom",
        "published": "2026-09-15T17:30:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}