Japan has introduced a new foreign trainee program aimed at strengthening rights protection for workers, amidst a backdrop of the country's foreign worker population surpassing 2 million for the first time. The program includes a controversial requirement for Vietnamese trainees to undergo contraception as a condition of employment. Additionally, Japan has detailed a new scheme to train foreign workers and is taking steps to make it easier to revoke permanent residency for foreigners, as part of broader reforms to attract skilled workers in the face of a declining population.
Japan reforms foreign trainee program to attract skilled workers amid population decline https://t.co/wM5eIiJPRo https://t.co/wRRAOXmOMs
Japan to make it easier to revoke foreigners' permanent residency https://t.co/8ln17dnJiI via @NikkeiAsia
Japan OKs new foreign trainee program to strengthen rights protection https://t.co/5YBcBUTOBk
Japan Details New Scheme to Train Foreign Workers https://t.co/xtXWMqrEck
Japan's foreign worker population tops 2 million for first time https://t.co/lbteyTbT3A
Vietnamese trainees told to undergo contraception to work in Japan https://t.co/0uIXrfKQNp