As Japan ponders the best way of taking in foreign workers, a government panel of experts has presented an interim report on the abolition of the Technical Intern Training Program. While heralding the ...

The Japanese government has decided to replace its foreign trainee program, aiming to improve skill development and protect trainees' rights. Under the new plan, trainees on a three-year visa can ...

In an interim report released in May 2023, the Japanese government’s expert panel on foreign worker integration recommended abolishing the Technical Intern Training Program. In its place, the panel ...

On March 15, Japan announced its decision to abolish the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) and introduce a new foreign labor program called the New Skill Developing Program for Foreign Workers ...

As of June 2024, approximately 600,000 Vietnamese citizens were residing in Japan. The number of Vietnamese residents in Japan has increased tenfold over the last decade as Vietnamese residents ...

Migrant workers from Vietnam, China and other Asian countries who are employed in Japan through a government-led scheme called the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) and work as technical ...

Japan's cabinet has passed legislation to overhaul its criticized foreign trainee program, aiming to encourage foreign workers to stay longer by focusing on skill development and rights protection.

This photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025, shows Vietnamese technical intern trainees working at Tawara Canning in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo) CHIBA (Kyodo) -- Across Japan, foreign workers are keeping ...

Chairman Khoirudin voiced full support for the Jakarta Government’s plan to send 5,000 residents to internship programs in Japan. "...to reduce unemployment, both through training at PPKD and by ...