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FOREIGN WORKERS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2020
Japan’s foreign residents get new support center in Tokyo
The Foreign Residents Support Center hosts the offices of eight public organizations on one floor of a building located in front of Tokyo's Yotsuya Station.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 21, 2020
Pandemic leaves Indian cooks in Japan dependent on bosses and the state
When your life revolves around your work, a shutdown makes things extra hard.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2020
Travel restriction poses challenges for Japanese firms with international workforce
Researchers who work in laboratories and new employees expected to acquire skills during workplace training sessions have been left in limbo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2020
Japan softens re-entry ban that left foreign residents stranded
The government says it has softened its stance on humanitarian grounds and will now allow foreign residents to re-enter the country regardless of their visa status.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2020
Japan's new labor visas fall far short of goal for first year
The government's projections were too optimistic, and the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic isn't helping either.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2020
Hotels offer free stays for foreign nationals stranded in Japan
Some hotels and a university are offering free accommodation to foreign nationals who are stranded in Japan because their home countries have closed borders due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2020
Pandemic could foster new attitudes toward immigration
In recent weeks, doctors, nurses and care workers for the British National Health Service — in particular, immigrants — are presently being hailed for their gritty sense of duty, for standing between many people and premature death.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2020
Japan's farm and hotel sectors cooperate as pandemic halts entry of foreign labor
Under entry controls, 220 workers from China, Indonesia and Myanmar bound for one of the Japan's major cabbage production areas have been unable to enter the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2020
Foreign students in Japan fear pandemic narrows job opportunities
As the outbreak continues to take a serious toll on Japan's economy, those hoping to find work here now fear they will be first to miss out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2020
Foreign workers and students vulnerable as virus-hit Japan firms ax staff
Immediately after all Chinese group tours through this summer were canceled at the end of January and February following the coronavirus outbreak, a Chinese man in his 20s who had worked as a full-time employee at a hotel near Kansai International Airport lost his job.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 24, 2020
More foreign workers in Mie losing jobs and homes in virus pandemic
As the spread of COVID-19 infections hits the nation’s economy hard, foreign workers at manufacturers are being severely affected, with some losing their jobs and homes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2020
Coronavirus slowing immigration procedures for labor-hungry Japan firms
Businesses reliant on a foreign blue-collar workforce are struggling to fill openings as the coronavirus pandemic slows immigration procedures to a crawl both in Japan and abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2020
Japanese businesses hit by lack of Chinese trainees amid virus outbreak
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has dealt a heavy blow to the manufacturing, farming and fishing industries in rural areas, as it has halted the arrival of Chinese trainees they have relied on for labor.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2020
Prefectures in Japan face lack of volunteer interpreters for disasters
Several prefectural governments around Japan have raised concerns about a shortage of volunteer interpreters and translators to support foreign residents and tourists during disasters, after making limited progress with addressing the problem, a new survey has shown.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2020
Myanmar man arrested for murder of compatriot in central Japan
Police arrested on Tuesday a 28-year-old Myanmar man on suspicion of stabbing to death a compatriot co-worker in a company cafeteria in Mie Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2020
Holders of new Japan working visas surge past 1,600, but still way off target
Japan set up the new visas to attract more blue-collar workers from overseas to address its acute labor shortage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 7, 2020
As Japan opens doors wider, firms confront reality of workplace racism
As Japan opens its doors to more and more foreign workers, the problem of racial harassment in the workplace is under renewed scrutiny.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2020
Number of foreign workers in Japan totals record 1.66 million
Chinese accounted for a quarter of the total with 418,327, followed by 401,326 Vietnamese and 179,685 Filipinos, the labor ministry says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2020
Japan to cast net wider after sluggish start for blue-collar visa program
Less than 2,000 have obtained working permits under the program, a low figure given that Japan was expecting to draw 40,000 in the first year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2020
Japan's new visa system on track to fall far short of target
The government is likely to fall far short of its target of issuing work permits under a new visa system to 340,000 non-Japanese over the next five years to alleviate acute labor shortages in 14 sectors.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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