The Role of Foreign Labor in the Production of Bonito and Dried Bonito

Abstract

In this study, the problems of the dried bonito industry in Makurazaki from the labor point of view were discussed. Specifically, a comparison with the dried bonito industry in Indonesia was conducted and the position of the labor force of foreign nationals and the labor market of Makurazaki was analyzed. As a result, it has been found that the industry of dried bonito in Makurazaki has maintained its current production scale of processing dried bonito from the raw material “bonito” by becoming dependant on the labor force of a foreign country. In the future, in order for Makurazaki to ensure the superiority of its production, its effective use of grace periods, which have been obtained by a reliance on foreign labor, as well an exploration of a production structure that is not a mass production of low value-added products will be required.