Japan allows quake-hit foreign trainees to work under relief steps

The Japanese government said Tuesday it has introduced a special relief measure to allow foreign trainees and skilled workers in the central Japan area hit by a recent powerful earthquake to remain in work even if their employers go out of business due to the disaster.The Immigration Services Agency of Japan said foreign technical interns or specified skilled workers residing in 47 municipalities in Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures can be employed for up to eight hours at workplaces not designated under their programs.The special measure was introduced after the magnitude-7.6…READ FULL ARTICLE