Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa pledged on July 29 to seek a “historical resolution” of the many issues and problems facing technical intern trainees in Japan. “We will work to create a framework ...

Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa on July 29 vowed to revamp Japan’s technical intern training program, which has become an indispensable source of manpower to support the nation’s society and ...

TOKYO -- A government panel of experts has proposed the abolition of the Technical Intern Training Program for foreign workers, citing a wide gap between its ideal of international contribution and ...

The government on Friday formally decided to abolish the controversial foreign technical intern program, marking a significant shift in its approach to workers from overseas. In its place, there will ...

"Foreign technical intern trainees are not cheap labor," says Yoshihiro Iwata, president of an egg farm in Shinto, Gunma Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2023. (Mainichi/Tetsuya Shoji) SHINTO, Gunma -- "Are ...

Makoto Iwahashi, a consultant for Posse, a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization dealing with labor problems. Harassment and other abuses of foreign trainees in Japan are mounting, arousing criticism ...

A Justice Ministry panel reviewing the controversial foreign technical intern program has released a draft proposal recommending the abolition of the current system and the establishment of a new one ...

This study aims to describe the history of the Technical Intern Training Program. Since its establishment in the early 1990s, this program has expanded and become indispensable for small and ...

Japanese Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa recently announced that the government will start discussions with an eye to reviewing the Technical Intern Training Program. An expert panel will be set ...

TOKYO -- With Japan's foreign technical trainee program extending to a total of 79 fields as early as this year, the initiative seems to be becoming less about supporting developing countries and more ...

A survey by the Ministry of Justice found that half of foreign trainees had gone into debt to come to Japan. A recent survey by the Ministry of Justice’s Immigration Services Agency revealed that more ...