Workplace injuries, deaths of foreigners in Japan top 6,000 for first time

The number of foreign workers in Japan injured or killed in work-related accidents topped 6,000 in 2024 for the first time, according to government data, as the graying country increasingly turns to foreigners to fill its labor shortage.The figure has been rising annually since 2019 when the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare adopted its current tally method. The figure then was just below 4,000."Insufficient safety training and communication gaps are believed to be behind (the upward trend)," a ministry official said.According to the ministry, of the approximately 2.3 million foreign wo…READ FULL ARTICLE