Comments on: Foreign trainee workers losing their jobs in Japan http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/04/08/foreign-trainee-workers-losing-their-jobs-in-japan/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/04/08/foreign-trainee-workers-losing-their-jobs-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-313192 Alex Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:49:26 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=9676#comment-313192 You don't actually need a return plane ticket for any status of entry into Japan. For example, I came in from Korea and they asked to see my return ticket and I told them I was going back to Korea via the Fukuoka-Busan ferry (JR Beetle), and that was all they needed to hear. You don’t actually need a return plane ticket for any status of entry into Japan. For example, I came in from Korea and they asked to see my return ticket and I told them I was going back to Korea via the Fukuoka-Busan ferry (JR Beetle), and that was all they needed to hear.

]]> By: Bradley http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/04/08/foreign-trainee-workers-losing-their-jobs-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-313126 Bradley Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:53:27 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=9676#comment-313126 That's pretty bad. There was something similar to this that happened in Singapore, but it was before the first round of real lay-offs started happening. Employers were finding Bangladeshis to bring to Singapore on the promise of work, and then when they got here they were kept in a holding area (yes like animals) for a few months and then sent back with little to no wages paid. Of course, for them to get to Singapore in the first place they had to go through an agency that required a lot of upfront fees. I can't find the original article I read, since it was so many months ago, but here's just an example: http://tinyurl.com/d93m5l That’s pretty bad. There was something similar to this that happened in Singapore, but it was before the first round of real lay-offs started happening. Employers were finding Bangladeshis to bring to Singapore on the promise of work, and then when they got here they were kept in a holding area (yes like animals) for a few months and then sent back with little to no wages paid. Of course, for them to get to Singapore in the first place they had to go through an agency that required a lot of upfront fees.

I can’t find the original article I read, since it was so many months ago, but here’s just an example: http://tinyurl.com/d93m5l

]]> By: James http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/04/08/foreign-trainee-workers-losing-their-jobs-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-313062 James Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:19:22 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=9676#comment-313062 It sounds like there is some scamming going on, and I doubt the Japanese government requires them to make such outrageous payments to get a visa. On a related note, does anyone know if trainees are required to have a return plane ticket when they enter the country? Do their employers provide for such travel costs? It sounds like there is some scamming going on, and I doubt the Japanese government requires them to make such outrageous payments to get a visa.

On a related note, does anyone know if trainees are required to have a return plane ticket when they enter the country? Do their employers provide for such travel costs?

]]> By: Ken Y-N http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/04/08/foreign-trainee-workers-losing-their-jobs-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-313058 Ken Y-N Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:57:14 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=9676#comment-313058 Err, why would people take a loan of 700,000 to 1,000,000 yen to come to a job? It sounds like they have been ripped off by whatever agency in China, etc, is finding them jobs. Err, why would people take a loan of 700,000 to 1,000,000 yen to come to a job? It sounds like they have been ripped off by whatever agency in China, etc, is finding them jobs.

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