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Since the 1980s, Japan's manufactures have found it increasingly difficult to recruit workers locally, particularly for low-paid, labour-intensive jobs in the so-called 3K industries. At the same time, China's economic reforms created a huge labour surplus in that country, which had to find employment somewhere.
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has generic name (help)Although it is claimed that this system was designed to support foreigners in their acquisition of technical skills and knowledge of Japanese advanced technology, in it has often been used to make up for a shortage of unskilled labor in Japan. Because the Japanese government is reluctant to invite transnational migrant laborers into the country, companies have had to look for new ways to find workers. As a result, many foreigners enrolled in the training-internship program—with valid three-year work permits—become a source of cheap labor, and end up working under wretched conditions.
New visa statuses were introduced last month to bring in blue-collar workers to labor-hungry sectors.
Since the 1980s, Japan's manufactures have found it increasingly difficult to recruit workers locally, particularly for low-paid, labour-intensive jobs in the so-called 3K industries. At the same time, China's economic reforms created a huge labour surplus in that country, which had to find employment somewhere.