Japan wants employers to pitch in as foreign trainees face big fees at home

Large debts for these workers seen as a factor in human rights abuses

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A foreign technical intern works at a construction site in Japan. (Photo by Rie Ishii)

EUGENE LANG, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese companies hiring foreign technical trainees could be required to help these workers pay the exorbitant fees charged by some recruitment agencies in their countries, as Japan looks to ease a debt burden that leaves these individuals open to human rights abuses.

Japan's parliament is in final deliberations on a bill to revise laws related to its controversial foreign technical intern program.

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