Japan's government OKs new foreign trainee program to attract more workers
The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday, February 9, 2024, to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will actually teach skills and safeguard trainees' rights as Japan desperately seeks more foreign workers to supplement its aging and shrinking workforce.
Source: sunstar.com.ph
