The article mentions how they plan to handle it. >The Japanese government, Maeda said, will be issuing Green Cards for highly skilled professionals, the first

The article mentions how they plan to handle it. >The Japanese government, Maeda said, will be issuing Green Cards for highly skilled professionals, the first of its kind in the world, thereby, providing people to get permanent resident status in as short as one year. This is one of the fastest granted right of residence in the world.