Most of Japan's skilled foreign workers who quit do so within a year

Survey shows Vietnamese frustrated by pay, Indonesians by poor work relationships

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A total of 269,000 foreign workers had entered Japan through the specified skilled worker program as of September 2024. (Photo by Rie Ishii)

EUGENE LANG, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Two-thirds of skilled foreign workers in Japan who left their jobs did so in a year, a private-sector survey shows, with compensation and poor work relationships among the main reasons.

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