‘Specified Skilled Worker’ is a new residency status that was introduced by theGovernment of Japan in April 2019, under which aspiring and eligible foreigner cantake up a job and stay in Japan. Japan introduced ‘Specified Skilled Worker’ toaddress the severe labor shortages by accepting foreign human resources with specificexpertise and skills. As of January 2021, Japan has signed SSW Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with 13 nations including India.