As the government tells it, Japan doesn’t accept unskilled foreign labor. Except it does.
For example, a state-sponsored technical internship program brings in a slew of foreign “trainees” every year, ostensibly to provide instruction in advanced industrial methods. But in reality, the trainees provide a surreptitious source of cheap labor, with many being consigned to blue-collar jobs such as factory work.
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