TOKYO -- Foreign workers in 46% of Japanese municipalities do not have sufficient access to Japanese-language classrooms, as rural areas struggle to procure the necessary number of teachers, Nikkei has learned.
Society
Foreign workers in rural Japan lack access to language schools
More than 40% of qualified instructors are concentrated in Tokyo
Technical interns receive Japanese-language instruction in Yamagata prefecture. Instructors are concentrated in Tokyo, leaving areas such as Yamagata with a shortage. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)
Read Next
Latest on Society
