Central Japan firms helping teach Japanese to foreign workers' kids

Regional business groups in central Japan are stepping up efforts to support Japanese language education for children with foreign roots, aiming to create a welcoming environment for the long-term integration of foreign workers in the area's manufacturing sector.With many local Japanese classes run by volunteers, the Central Japan Economic Federation has called on its member companies to provide venues and instructors for the lessons and has also launched an initiative matching teachers with classes.In mid-April, around 10 children and students from countries such as Bolivia and Vietnam par…READ FULL ARTICLE