The Asahi Shinbum | 26 January 2019 Two leading companies, Panasonic Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., have had their plans for technical intern training programs revoked due to legal violations. The measure announced Jan. 25 by the Justice Ministry and labor ministry means that Panasonic and Mitsubishi Motors will not be able to hire foreign […]
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The Nation | 15 November 2018 The Japanese government presented on Wednesday the estimated maximum number of foreign workers to be accepted in 14 envisaged business fields over the five years from fiscal 2019, releasing such figures as 60,000 people in nursing care, 53,000 in eating out, 40,000 in construction and 36,500 in agriculture. The
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Nikkei Asian Review | 14 November 2018 TOKYO — Between 260,000 and 340,000 foreign workers could enter Japan over the five years starting in fiscal 2019 if a planned amendment to the immigration control law passes the Diet, according to a government estimate seen by Nikkei. The number includes 33,000 to 47,000 who are expected
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Asahi Shinbum | 9 November 2018 As Japan moves to expand acceptance of overseas workers, technical intern trainees voiced their plight in the Diet, describing being bullied, paid extremely low wages and suffering accidents on the job. Eighteen trainees attended a Nov. 8 hearing to give Diet members a better understanding of the realities workers
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Japan Times | 4 November 2018 Some 40,000 foreign workers are expected to be accepted in the first year the new visa categories go into effect, with the total rising to 250,000 after five years, government sources said Saturday. The government, which submitted a related bill to revise the immigration control law Friday, does not
The Mainichi | 30 October 2018 TOKYO — The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Judicial Affairs Division approved a package of government-proposed legal revisions to accept more foreign workers on Oct. 29, paving the way for submission of the measures to the current extraordinary session of the Diet. The government hopes to pass the draft revisions
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Japan Times | 23 October 2018 Fourteen business sectors are keen to accept foreign workers under a new residence status that the government aims to introduce in April next year, informed sources said Tuesday. The fourteen sectors are: restaurants, hotels, nursing care, building cleaning, agriculture, fishery, food and beverage, materials processing, industrial machinery, electronics and
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The Mainichi | 12 October 2018 TOKYO — The Ministry of Justice on Oct 12 announced the gist of a draft bill to expand the acceptance of foreign workers for a little over 10 industries, including construction and nursing care, suffering from chronic labor shortages. According to the ministry, the bill is a revision to
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Asahi Shimbun | 12 October 2018 Cabinet ministers on Oct. 12 approved a broad outline of the new “specified skills” residence status, including a sub-category that will allow foreign workers to bring over family members and stay for extended periods. The new visas are designed to address chronic labor shortages in specific fields in Japan
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Japan Times |11 October 2018 The government is considering allowing blue-collar foreign workers with certain skills to live permanently in the country with their families, as Japan struggles with a serious labor shortage amid a declining population, sources said Thursday. In what would represent a turning point for the country’s immigration policy, which more or
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