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Voice Commentary The "Training and Employment System" scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2027 is a major institutional reform for Japan that will clearly shift the acceptance of foreign human resources from "international contribution" to "training and securing human resources in areas where there is a shortage of manpower". With the introduction of this new system, companies (providers of training and employment) and foreign...

  Video Explanation The long-running technical internship system is scheduled to be abolished and shifted to a new residency status, the "Training and Employment System," by 2027. This is not a mere change in the name of the system. It means a fundamental shift in the purpose of the system from "international contribution" to "human resource development and securing...

  Video Explanation Amid the continuing labor shortage, the system for accepting foreign human resources is undergoing major changes. The new system is intended to "train workers in the workplace and bring them up to the level of specific skills" and is positioned as a replacement or successor to the existing technical internship system....