Vietnam sends the largest number of technical trainees to Japan under the program, according to the Organization for Technical Intern Training. In many cases, the intermediary organizations advised Vietnamese trainees that they would be sent home if they got pregnant. The five Vietnamese trainees who underwent contraception treatment currently work in Japan, with one of them expressing in the survey that she thought she could not go to Japan without following the instruction. There have been cases involving Vietnamese trainees in recent years in Japan. Under the internship program, foreign trainees can suspend their training when they get pregnant or give birth and return to it later.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2024 01:04 UTC