The Immigration Services Agency on Nov. 1 clarified the conditions for foreign technical intern trainees to change their workplaces if they suffer from abuse, harassment or serious contract violations ...

A Myanmar woman working in a technical intern training program in Japan called for a “significant increase in the minimum wage” at a Regional Minimum Wages Council meeting held in Fukuoka on July 31.

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FUKUOKA, Japan, Oct. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- rYojbaba Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: RYOJ) (“rYojbaba” or the “Company”), a Japanese labor consulting and health services company, announced a strategic ...