Gov't revokes permit of supervising body in foreign trainee program

Japan introduced the training program for foreigners in 1993 with the aim of transferring skills to developing countries. But the scheme has been criticized for providing cover for companies that want to import cheap labor.

Forgive the cliche but the former stated aim was tatemae and the latter, ongoing reality is the honne. The bill that just passed is more of the same. If the government gave a toss about these human beings, they'd oversee the program directly. As anyone who's spent any amt. of time here would attest, the middlemen are more often than not repellent parasites.

Yakuza company dealing in human trafficing, happy the government shut them down, took them long enough!

Indentured servants! Japan SHOULD be ashamed!

Yakuza company dealing in human trafficing, happy the government shut them down, took them long enough!

And you know this personally just how?

Under the government's Technical Intern Training Program, foreign trainees are required to take Japanese language courses and guidance on daily life in Japan during the first two months after they arrive in the country, and cannot start working during that period.

An interesting piece of the puzzle. Would this mean that the "trainees" are being paid by some during this two month period?

If so, it seems quite a burden for a smaller company. Not exactly cheap labour.

Gary

They're going to need to hire 1000 more inspectors if they want to get serious

If the company was dodgy glad they got caught.

Its an odd program isn't it, Japan wants and needs labour, but don't want to upset the "balance" too much so makes people learn about "Japan" and Japanese but then only lets them stay for a limited time often with no real path to residency and a stable life. That means the only people who are likely to come are those that are quite desperate or from lower socioeconomic groups, which then means unfortunately they are more likely to not be the kinds of applicants or workers Japan would like to have about...

Another Japanese company involved in a fraud scam involving exploitation of workers? It seems to be quite the norm for Japan Inc.

foreign trainees are required to take Japanese language courses and guidance on daily life in Japan during the first two months after they arrive in the country, and cannot start working during that period.

Do they receive a salary during this two months?

2 months to learn japanese and culture? It takes japanese children more than 5 years.

Systematic falsification of financial documents? The why weren't those responsible arrested and held indefinitely in solitary detention to face a barrage of interrogations. I thought that was the law here.

Didn't they raid a construction company detain several workers and were searching for 47 other workers? This is a systematic failure of poor governance. There is a need for workers but the hoops the government put in place are so difficult companies just ignore them. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man.

They're going to need to hire 1000 more inspectors if they want to get serious

My mistake. Make that 10,000 more inspectors

This is insanity, the "companies" like Creative Net have ZERO reason for existence yet they are forever present PILFERING from the indentured slaves!!

Would this mean that the "trainees" are being paid by some during this two month period?

Gary,

What it means is they got workers to work for FREE for a few months!

If so, it seems quite a burden for a smaller company. Not exactly cheap labour

The first company I worked at in Japan, 9 years ago, paid them 350 yen/hour without the legal overtime. Multiply that for 3 years and you have cheap labour indeed.