More than 80 percent of foreign technical trainees and specified skilled workers in Japan sent money to their home countries last year, a labor ministry survey showed. The figure is significantly ...

HomeServe reports that Black workers are underrepresented in skilled trades, making up only 6% despite being 14% of the ...

Companies in rural areas are struggling to stem the flow of skilled foreign workers to urban centers since a new visa system introduced in 2019 allowed them to switch jobs and work anywhere. These ...

The Japanese government has decided to accept up to around 1.23 million foreign workers by March 2029 under two programs -- one for skilled workers and the other for trainees. The sector-by-sector ...

Tradies are walking out. Not over ability or aptitude but toilets — in a symbol of the sector's persistent barriers.