The government on Tuesday approved guidelines for a refurbished plan to support development of foreign workers into skilled workers, expected to kick off in 2027, in hope of resolving Japan¡¯s chronic labor shortage.
The new initiative replaces the current foreign trainee program, which has often been criticized for bad working conditions and participants being used as cheap labor.
¡°The labor shortage in our country is getting worse,¡± said Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during a ministerial meeting on Tuesday morning. ¡°As global competition to hire foreign workers becomes tougher, these guidelines are important in offering an attractive working environment for foreign nationals.¡±
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