Nancy Snow is distinguished visiting professor of strategic communications at Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University and the author of "The Mystery of Japan's Information Power." (Bunshindo)
Country trails peers due to problems with foreign intern trainee programs


Intern trainees from Vietnam work at a construction site in Tokyo: Japan's construction industry relies significantly on foreign workers. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Nancy Snow is distinguished visiting professor of strategic communications at Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University and the author of "The Mystery of Japan's Information Power." (Bunshindo)