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Immigrant Workers in Japan Caught in a Racket

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Philip Brasor
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The debate over whether Japan should allow foreign workers in to make up for current and future labor shortages is dominated by the so-called foreign trainee program, which is overseen by the Japan International Training Cooperation Organization (JITCO). The program is itself the subject of a debate, which boils down to the age-old Japanese dynamic of honne vs. tatemae.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 7 , July 2007 , e6
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