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25 Jun 2018

Japan: Foreign labourers worked in radioactive decontamination for less than USD 500 a month

Fourteen Vietnamese labourers in Japan under the Technical Internship Trainee Programme (TITP) are interviewed at an NGO shelter in Fukushima after having fled their workplace. They claim they were forced to work in radioactive decontamination without even having been told the nature of their work, or receiving any special safety training. They state they were forced to work excessive hours, were paid only JPY 500,000, or less than USD 500 per month - far below the minimum wage - and were subject to harassment. (Video in Japanese)