• Jaganath Koirala (front row, center) poses at the inaugural meeting of the International Labor Union of Bhutan alongside other organizing members in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Sept. 1. | COURTESY OF JAGANATH KOIRALA
    Jaganath Koirala (front row, center) poses at the inaugural meeting of the International Labor Union of Bhutan alongside other organizing members in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Sept. 1. | COURTESY OF JAGANATH KOIRALA
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A year has passed since the lifeless body of a Bhutanese exchange student was discovered hanging from a tree in a public park in Fukuoka.

Sonam Tobgay, 24, was a student in the Learn and Earn Program, an exchange program created by the Bhutanese labor ministry in 2017. Its purpose — as the name implies — was to enroll and employ Bhutanese youth in schools and businesses across Japan.

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