Niklas Holzapfel
Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation (Japan)

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Holzapfel, Niklas. "THE DECAY OF JAPAN’S LABOUR MARKET: NEW IMMIGRATION POLITICS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON THE NATIONAL LABOUR SHORTAGE." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Resear

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