36% of brokers for new foreign worker program lack Japanese teachers

Around 36 percent of brokers for a new foreign-worker training and employment program set to start in April have yet to secure the minimum number of certified Japanese-language teachers or identify enough candidates, a government survey showed Friday.In the survey conducted by the Immigration Services Agency from Oct. 5 to Oct. 7, 14.6 percent said they had secured the required number of certified Japanese-language teachers, while 19.0 percent said they expected to do so and 30.5 percent said they were still coordinating.Foreign workers under the Employment for Skill Development Program, se…READ FULL ARTICLE