Akimi Soagawa indicates that new Japanese immigration requirements will require foreign workers to have N4 Japanese language proficiency (roughly 10-year-old level).
“Yeah. Yes. So there is a Japanese preference, language test. Oh. That's been around for a long time. Yep. And then for, some industries, like companies still would prefer to hire people with people who have those like you know who have passed those tests there's like n four 3 n two n one right n one is like me okay you speak perfect Japanese almost but then, now with the new changes, I suppose you need to have n four to come in.”
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