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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.

The Japanese government revokes the permit of an intermediate organization that introduces foreign trainees to host companies after it failed to prevent the physical abuse of a Vietnamese man by his Japanese co-workers at a construction firm.

Eight major companies including Toyota Motor Corp. have started a joint project to support foreign workers in Japan.

SENDAI -- Three Vietnamese technical intern trainees who had been forced to quit their jobs in northeastern Japan raised objections over the actions o

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government-backed watchdog has urged a Japanese construction company and an intermediate body to take measures to prevent abuses of

Illustration for photo (Source: VNA)The company, named “Six Create” and headquartered in Okayama prefecture, will be banned from receiving foreign interns in five years, according to the administrative penalty decision issued by the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISAJ) and the country’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW).The Japanese Government will strictly deal with any future similar cases, Japanese Minister of Justice Yoshihisa Furukawa told a press meeting in Tokyo.E...

Japan has commenced a survey to grasp the financial situations of foreign technical trainees as money problems seem to be the reason many abruptly leave their host firms, a government official said.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has commenced a survey to grasp the financial situations of foreign technical trainees as money problems seem to be the reason

Thousands of technical trainees leave their host companies without notice every year seeking better wages, as many of them start their lives in Japan heavily in debt.

Japans justice minister orders a watchdog to ensure foreign technical trainees are not abused, following an incident in which a Vietnamese man suffered serious injuries at the hands of Japanese co-workers for about two years.