Japan to conduct full-scale review into foreign trainee program

The Japanese government said Friday it will launch a full-scale review into the country's foreign technical intern program to address issues of human rights violations and inadequate support for trainees.An increasing number of cases of harassment and abuse of foreign trainees has resulted in mounting criticism at home and abroad with claims that it is a cover for companies to import cheap labor rather than a program to transfer skills to developing countries.Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa expressed the need to "make consistent the purpose of the system and the actual operation of the …READ FULL ARTICLE