National Jan 31, 2019
Placement agencies may have their permits revoked or not be granted if associated brokers overseas collect deposits from workers.
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National Jan 29, 2019
Chinese trainee arrested over abandoning baby tells police she feared deportation from Japan
A 22-year-old Chinese citizen in Japan under the government-sponsored technical training program was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of abandoning her newborn son at a residential compound near Tokyo last month for fear of being sent back home. The baby was not in a life-threatening condition ...
National Jan 25, 2019
Mitsubishi and Panasonic lose permits to hire foreign trainees after violations
by Magdalena Osumi
The Justice Ministry said the firms ordered workers to perform tasks other than those specified in their contracts, among other violations.
National Jan 23, 2019
First-time, short-term visitors to Japan hit record 27 million in 2018, making up 98% of arrivals
by Magdalena Osumi
The number of new, short-term visitors to Japan hit a record high of 27.05 million last year, according to data showing arrivals from overseas by their visa status released by the Justice Ministry for the first time. New visitors staying for 90 days or less ...
National Jan 7, 2019
First nursing care trainees from Myanmar arrive to begin work in Hokkaido
The three workers, all women in their 20s, will spend three years gaining experience at Sapporo-based Sakura Community Service Co.
National | Help Wanted? Dec 31, 2018
Japan said unready for drastic social changes despite impending arrival of foreign workers
by Reiji Yoshida
Experts bemoan the lack of support measures so far for incoming laborers.
National Dec 13, 2018
Japan's Justice Ministry reveals 174 foreign technical interns died between 2010 and 2017
The deaths included suicides and cases in which the cause of death was not clear.
National Dec 1, 2018
Fewer foreigners than expected coming to Japan to work as caregiver trainees, data shows
A year after it started, smaller numbers of foreign workers than expected have arrived to join a trainee program for nursing care services.
National Nov 25, 2018
The hotel industry will be listed as lying within the scope of the type two trainee status under the government's technical intern training program for foreign nationals, officials have said. The program has three statuses — type one for first-year trainees, type two for those ...
Editorials Nov 21, 2018
Any practices where abuse of foreign workers is suspected should be eliminated.
National / Social Issues Nov 15, 2018
Vietnam-born rights advocate Bungo Okabe steps in to stifle abuse of technical trainees in Japan
by Magdalena Osumi
When it came to light in March that a Vietnamese man in Japan's foreign trainee program was duped into performing radioactive decontamination work in areas devastated by the 2011 nuclear disaster, Bungo Okabe, 36, was the first to offer help in seeking justice. Okabe, a ...
Commentary / Japan Nov 14, 2018
The impact of accepting unskilled foreign labor
by Taku Tamura
The new visa system will lack durability unless the needs of employers, local communities and foreigners are balanced.