Before recruiting foreign workers to address Japan's labor shortage, the government must explain its plans for integrating immigrants both socially and legally.
Japan's technical training program must be safe for and fair to foreign interns, but not make immigration and hopping from employer to employer too easy.
The recommendations of the Japanese experts’ panel address the rampant problems faced by technical interns, such as physical abuse and unpaid wages.
Foreign workers — like the Vietnamese intern who hid her stillborn twins out of fear — are not fully informed of the support system available to...
These are first steps with some good news for students and business travelers with institutional support in Japan, but how fast it will move is yet...
