Japan's Ibaraki launches reward program for tips on illegal foreign workers

Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, launched a controversial program Monday to reward people for reporting businesses that hire illegal foreign workers.After verifying the information as accurate, the prefectural government will report the employers to the police. If the information leads to an enforcement action, the tipster will receive a reward of 10,000 yen ($64).The program was introduced after the prefecture said it had the highest number of undocumented foreign workers among the country's 47 prefectures for four consecutive years.The local government says foreign workers are nece…READ FULL ARTICLE