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news Coronavirus crisis pushing many foreign trainees in Japan out of work, into poverty The Mainichi © The Mainichi Residents of a support group facility in Tokyo's Minato Ward put their hands together before dinner on Jan. 15, 2021. Many Vietnamese people live at the facility. (Mainichi/Toshiaki Uchihashi) TOKYO -- Dozens of foreign technical trainees in Japan have lost their jobs at companies experiencing a downturn in performance during the coronavirus crisis. About 80 trainees are still struggling to find a new job in a country that remains unfamiliar to them, as the d...

Foreign trainees hit hard by coronavirus Feb. 2 05:17 am JST Feb. 2 | 06:49 am JST “Fan” (a pseudonym) came from Vietnam three years ago as a technical intern trainee. He was taking a chance. He knew nothing about Japan, except that wages, even for the unskilled, are higher than at home – much higher. And he’s not unskilled – he was studying architecture. That could wait. His family needed money now, and Japan seemed the place to earn it. The Technical Intern Training Program, set up in 1993, had lofty goals it is frequently charged with not living up to. Its avowed pu...

Delhi and Tokyo ink new pact for employment of Indian Skilled Workers in Japan SECTIONS Share Synopsis “Specified Skilled Worker (SSW)” is a new status of residence created in Japan in April 2019. Japan established this system to accept foreign nationals who have a certain level of expertise and skill. With a declining population and ageing society, there are abundant job opportunities in Japan in certain sectors, officials stated. AFP NEW DELHI: As part of efforts to promote soft power Japan’s Ambassador to India Suzuki Satoshi and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday si...

India, Japan sign agreement on movement of ‘skilled workers’ January 18, 2021 Consultations on rollout of scheme for 14 sectors to start soon: Japanese officials India and Japan have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on a basic partnership framework for operation of the ‘specified skilled worker’ (SSW) system under which the Japanese government accepts foreign nationals who have a certain level of expertise and skill. “The two governments will hold consultations in the near future to prepare for the implementation of the SSW system with India,” a Japanese official told Bu...

Jobs in Japan for Indians! 14 industries to absorb skilled workers for 5 years A memorandum of cooperation on movement of specified skilled workers to Japan for a maximum period of up to five years has been signed by India and Japan on January 18 Joe C Mathew | January 19, 2021 | Updated 00:29 IST There are 14 specified industry fields that offer jobs under Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) Indians may soon find job offers from Japan in sectors like healthcare, construction, aviation, food services, agriculture.   A memorandum of cooperation on movement of specified skilled workers to Japan f...