A House of Representatives committee on Friday approved legislation to replace the foreign technical intern program with a new training program to allow foreigners to work in Japan on a medium- to long-term basis.
The Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, passed legislation to revise relevant laws, including the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law, by majority vote, with support mainly from the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party.
The measure is expected to be adopted by the full chamber during a plenary meeting on Tuesday, for submission to the House of Councilors, the upper house of parliament.
