New status of residence: creation of "specific skills"

“Specified Skilled Worker” has started
The New Status of Residence is aimed at addressing the serious labor shortage in Japan by accepting experienced foreign human resources with specific expertise and skills.

The Acceptance of and Coexistence with Foreign Human Resources
The Government of Japan determined the Basic Policy and Field-Specific Operation Policies on Operation of the system of the new Status of Residence, “Specified Skilled Worker,” to be introduced in April 2019 by the Cabinet Decision based on the amended Immigration Control Act. It also decided Comprehensive Measures for the Acceptance and Coexistence of Foreign nationals residing in Japan.

The Government of Japan takes initiative in improving the infrastructure such　as providing multilingual services by public institutions and in infrastructure of daily life in order to accept the rapidly increasing foreign nationals as “residents” in Japan.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/ca/fna/ssw/us/index.html