Application for Foreign Workers to be Developed in Japan

As it is known, people who go to foreign countries to work may face ill-treatment from citizens and employers in these countries. This situation, which is frequently encountered all over the world, has become an important agenda item as complaints from abroad increase in Japan. For foreign workers harassment, harassment and overtime In order to prevent this situation after the calls to investigate the complaints, Japan an important step decided to throw it away.

Under the leadership of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), national and international companies will jointly develop a smartphone application to protect human rights. The application can be used by foreign workers without the knowledge of their companies. will enable them to communicate with third parties.

Industry giants such as Toyota and Ajinomoto will take part in the project.

Human rights organizations will also take part in the secretariat of the project, and workers will submit to the secretariat in their workplaces. will be able to directly convey “human rights” problems. Toyota Motor, Aeon Co. More than 200 companies, including the giants of their sectors such as SoftBank Group and Ajinomoto, will take part in the aforementioned project.

According to the statements of JICA officials, “useful information on life in Japan in many languages” will also be shared with foreign workers through the application. Kyodo said last year that the number of foreign workers in Japan doubled compared to 2015. increased to 1.72 million also conveyed. The increasing number of foreign workers naturally increased the problems experienced in this regard. However, this new application is thought to be a good solution to the situation.