TOKYO -- A government panel of experts has proposed the abolition of the Technical Intern Training Program for foreign workers, citing a wide gap between its ideal of international contribution and actual practice as a way to alleviate an acute labor shortage. The proposal is expected to prompt the Japanese government to consider a new system to address the shortage through using foreign workers.
Japan immigration
Labor shortage prompts Japan to fix neglected intern system
Expert panel urges end to current program for foreign trainees, more flexibility
There were 325,000 foreigners in Japan's Technical Intern Training Program as of the end of 2022, more than double from a decade earlier. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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