Half of them are foreigners.

Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
Thanks to the AI of "Isesaki FM".

Foreigners now make up half of the students entering care workers and training institutions.

It has been found that 197 students entered educational institutions in the prefecture that train care workers this year,
of which 100 were foreigners, the highest number ever.
While the number of Japanese students entering has been decreasing year by year, the number of foreigners has increased, accounting for half of the total, due in part to the calming of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to a labor shortage in the country, the national government created the "caregiving" residence status in 2017.
The number of foreign students entering the prefecture is said to have increased to 75 in 2020.