People across Japan have been shocked and outraged by a video showing a group of people beating a man from Vietnam who was working in the country under a scheme called the Technical Intern Training Program. This program grants visas to people from across Asia to work and gain technical skills in Japan. However, our Observers say that, in Japan, where immigration is restricted, companies are using this system to bring in low-skilled workers and that it is rife with abuse.
Back in January, Japanese media reported on the emergence of three shocking videos. The clips, originally filmed in September 2020, show a group of Japanese employees at a construction company in Hiroshima beating their Vietnamese colleague, a man in his forties. In one of the clips, a man yells at him for not responding in Japanese and then hits him. Another video shows the people beating the man with a broom in the back of a truck.
