Twenty-seven-year-old War Nu left her village in central Myanmar at the end of last year bound for Japan. She had borrowed nearly $3,000 to pay an agent for a job in the garments industry here, lured not only by the offer of much higher wages but also by the chance to learn new skills in […]
Japan wakes up to exploitation of foreign workers as immigration debate rages
November 29, 2018 by Thiha
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