Japanese foreign technical intern trainees died 174 in 8 years, the most Chinese

As the foreign workers will be expanded, the Japanese Ministry of Justice publicly released statistics on the 13th International Joint Party Hearings. As of last year's eight years, there were 174 foreign technical intern trainees who died due to accidents and illnesses. For 98 people. Japan’s Kyodo News reported on the 13th that the Japanese Ministry of Justice may also consider publishing raw data. In addition, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a total of 125 foreign workers including interns in the past 10 years have died as a result of work-related injuries. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health and Wealth counted the data separately, and the number of deaths among 174 workers was unknown. The opposition party said that the technical internship system is the basis of the new status of residence system that began in April next year. It is considered that to grasp the actual situation, the analysis of the original data used in the statistics itself is indispensable, and the original data is required to be published. The Ministry of Justice said: "In what form the research will be presented." At the hearing, the statistical results of the internship system promotion group "International Training and Cooperation Organization" as of the last year's three-year interns 88 deaths were also announced. The opposition party thinks that compared with the statistics of the Ministry of Justice, there are more periods in the statistics of the institution, criticizing: "The statistics of the Ministry of Justice are perfunctory." The Ministry of Justice has conducted statistics based on reports from companies and organizations that accept interns and the like. 174 people were men and women aged 18 to 44. From the perspective of nationality, China has the largest number of 98 people, followed by 46 in Vietnam, 12 in Indonesia, 6 in the Philippines, 4 in Thailand, 3 in Myanmar, 3 in Mongolia, and 2 in Laos. In addition to deaths from illness, sudden death, and accidents during work, deaths from traffic accidents such as cycling have also attracted attention. At the hearing, the long-wife Zhao of the Constitutional Democratic Party stressed that "I hope to understand the dark side of the internship system." Shan Jinghe of the National Democratic Party appealed: "If you do not grasp the actual situation, you cannot take measures to prevent recurrence."