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 ...

The government is proposing to abolish the technical intern training program, criticized for utilizing foreigners to fill labor shortages, and replace it with a new system that would better train ...

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 ...

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 ...

In April 2019, Japan officially opened its doors to lower-skilled foreign workers under its new Specified Skills visa program. Citing the evils of short-term fixes to Japan’s labor shortages, as ...