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01-03-2007, 11:53 AM
japantimes Japan's population started declining in 2005, but in contrast, registered foreigners soared to a record high 2.01 million, a leap from 1.36 million a decade ago and accounting for 1.57 percent of the nation's total population. As baby boomers born between 1947 to 1949 start to retire this year, getting more foreign nationals into the workforce and into communities is increasingly becoming a hot topic for the government and businesses. Read more. (http://search.japantimes.co .jp/cgi-bin/nn20070103f1.html)