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TEMPS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Dec 4, 2015
Without safety net, foreign temp workers live on the edge
Among foreign migrant workers who travel to Japan in quest of a better life, a common narrative stands out — minimal wages, occupational instability, language barriers and an itinerant lifestyle. This is what many factory employees from everywhere from Peru to the Philippines learn to expect.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 4, 2015
Yokohama association helps foreigners overcome language barrier, fit in
The Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges lends a helping hand to foreigners who want to learn Japanese and become part of the community — a service essential to those struggling to survive in a land far away from home.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 1, 2015
Japan's foreign temp workers need ways to blow off steam
Life is tough enough for migrant workers who travel to Japan for employment. So pity those who lack a support network to help them through health care matters, workplace stress and general blowing off steam.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 8, 2015
Revamp of Japan's temp sector may create lifelong job seekers
With the bill to overhaul regulations on the use of temporary workers poised to clear the Diet this week, thousands of temps dispatched from staffing agencies worry they may lose their jobs in three years after the change takes effect.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2014
Temp workers turn to unions
When more than 5,000 nonregular workers at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ were allowed to join its labor union, it marked a first for nonregular workers at a major Japanese bank.

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