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Fukuda gets report on boosting immigrants

Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party submitted a bold report Friday to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, calling for Japan to increase its foreign residents to up to 10 percent of the nation's population in the next 50 years. The group, headed by... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Jun 20 2008

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