FUKUOKA, Japan -- There have been disturbing reports in Japan of foreign technical interns abandoning their newborns to avoid deportation. Many of them are unaware they are protected under Japanese labor law, which prohibits the dismissal of employees due to childbirth or pregnancy.
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Fear of deportation weighs on pregnant foreign workers in Japan
Unaware of legal rights, some desperate trainees abandon their newborns
A baby in Vietnam: Many Vietnamese technical interns in Japan are not aware that they are protected under Japanese labor law to have babies here. © Reuters
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