8,340 foreign trainees missing / Bureau says many on program forced to work excessive hours for low pay

An investigation last year by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on companies using the trainees found that 731 firms, or about 80 percent, were making them work very long hours for low pay, in violation of the Labor Standards Law and the Minimum Wages Law.

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