TOKYO -- Foreign workers in the system replacing Japan's troubled international trainee program could change jobs after a year if they meet certain requirements, such as basic Japanese language knowledge, under a proposal released Wednesday by a government panel.
Japan immigration
Japan moves to let foreign workers change jobs under new trainee program
Flexibility and relaxed stay requirements proposed to improve troubled system
Japanese companies have used the international trainee program as a source of labor in fields such as construction. (Photo by Eri Watanabe)
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