INSTEAD OF ROBOTS?:

63% of Japanese favor allowing immigration of unskilled foreign laborers (Mainichi Daily News, 12/17/07)

More than 60 percent of people in Japan support accepting entry-level workers from overseas, in spite of the government's policy of generally refusing such workers, a survey by the Mainichi has found.

In a nationwide telephone poll conducted by the Mainichi, 63 percent of respondents agreed with accepting foreign entry-level workers.