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 ...

Japan has scrapped the controversial TITP scheme, but its replacement has the same problem: foreign workers are not considered immigrants. On March 15, Japan announced its decision to abolish 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...