12/6/2021: Japan’s blue collar worker invitation, Scotland’s happiness indicator

Scotland’s latest wellbeing measure

Pocket dictionary: life expectancy. After 2020, the US’s life expectancy has dropped. Japan reworks its visa program for blue collar workers. Scotland ramps up the Wellbeing Economy.

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Japan’s worker visa sources:

• Migration Policy Institute: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/its-population-ages-japan-quietly-turns-immigration
• Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/major-shift-japan-looking-accept-more-foreigners-indefinitely-2021-11-18/
• The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/18/japan-labor-shortage-immigration/
• The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/world/europe/trucker-shortage-britain-visas.html

Scotland’s wellbeing sources:

• Scotland’s wellbeing report: https://t.co/xLykCm0lZH
• From Scotland’s government: https://www.gov.scot/groups/wellbeing-economy-governments-wego/