Kirk here. I’m sharing a link to a Japanese news article because I haven’t see the same information in English. I won’t attempt to translate the details but the gist of it is this:
- Kyodo Kumiai Urban Planning, a company that arranges for foreign nationals to work as foreign trainees (gaikokujin gino jisshusei) forced a Filipino man who was in Kumamoto to leave Japan against his will.
- The Kumamoto District Court ruled in the man’s favor, ordering the company to pay 5.4 million yen in restitution.
As this should be of interest to foreigners in Japan, I’m surprised the English-language news services don’t seem to have picked up on it.
