The Japanese government said Friday it will launch a full-scale review into the country's foreign technical intern program to address issues of human rights violations and inadequate support for trainees. An increasing number of cases of harassment and abuse of foreign trainees has resulted in mounting criticism at home and…
Most foreign trainees who came to work in Japan paid some 520,000 yen ($3,800) on average to intermediaries in their home countries expenses that saddled about half of them with sizable debts.
Harassment and other abuses of foreign trainees in Japan are mounting, arousing criticism that the supervisory agency in charge of the government-sponsored technical internship program has failed in its role to oversee the program. According to support groups, investigations into companies that accept foreign trainees have been insufficient at best,…
Harassment and other abuses of foreign trainees in Japan are mounting, arousing criticism that the supervisory agency in charge of the government-sponsored technical internship program has failed in its role to oversee the program.