Japan commits to stop exploitation of foreign workers

TOKYO ---As part of preparations ahead of accepting more foreign workers in Japan, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will introduce measures for revoking the licenses of job placement agencies if they are found to have connections with fraudulent overseas brokers, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The move is aimed at preventing such brokers, which often act as intermediaries, from unlawfully collecting money from foreigners who come to Japan to work, according to sources. The ministry will revise licensing criteria for relevant agencies under the Employment Security Law and make it effective in April, the sources said. Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee R...

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