In Japan herrscht ein gravierender Mangel an Lkw-Fahrern. Bis 2030 ist ein Mangel von 200.000 bis 300.000 möglich, was bedeutet, dass 40 % der Güter nicht transportiert werden könnten. Als Reaktion darauf wendet sich die Regierung an Ausländer und hat das Lkw-Fahren in das neue „Special Skills“-Visum aufgenommen.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5e04ddc0955ecd6618d68ebdb716e8798635090d?page=1
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No Japanese wants to do this jobs because of the low pay relative to the working hours and working conditions plus now they have capped the overtime you can do working as a truck driver ,so the potential for any more has disappeared
Become a truck driver for 6 months, then get replaced when the contract expires.
I have a friend who did truck driving in the US. He wants to do this job but he was making $150k a year doing it in the U.S. and in Japan they might pay ¥300k a month?
Huh, I could learn to drive as a leg in?
I thought Japan moved everything around by train
It’s probably another visa with no pathway to live in Japan permanently (other than after 10 years path), or respect foreigners humanely.
It seems, Japan need self driving trucks before cars
Easy ROBOT TRUCK😍😍😍
Not if Takaichi can help it! Or wait, is this, perhaps, another way to exploit people from South-East Asia and Nepal? No way!! :0
They’ve been doing truck drivers on the SSW1 path for a while. The pay for basic local drivers isn’t great, but if you’re a heavy hauler doing long runs, the pay can be decent. Not like the 6 figures here in Australia, but factoring in living costs, it comes out in the wash.
If they expanded it outside of SSW1, they might actually be able to entice experienced drivers over. IE, Australian and Kiwi drivers who can convert their HR and equivalent classes to Japans heavy ogata license. What good is it making $120K driving trucks here in Sydney when half your wage or more goes to rent or mortgage payments?
Why not just let the market do its thing? If there’s not enough people, the companies need to pay more to find workers, which will turn into deliveries will cost a bit more (150-300 yen extra/delivery?). This will affect those getting things delivered home more than big stores, so the people will still be able to get things delivered (a bit more expensive) or go themselves and buy in person, which are both fine.
South Asian with 6 months visa for sure
No country needs AI and Automation more than Japan. Perhaps Saudi and the UAE also. Once jobs are automated they will be sending everyone home.
The only non Japanese truck driver I’ve ever seen stopped his truck in the crosswalk the entire signal change duration.
Isuzu and Applied Intuition are working together on an ADAS equipped self-driving trucking platform, as I’m sure plenty of other companies are as well, so the problem won’t be around in the next ten years.
Didn’t Japan want less foreign workers?