"Workplace accidents involving foreign workers soar in Japan," 22 November 2024

Along with the increase in the number of foreigners working in Japan, the number of work-related accidents involving them has also been rising sharply.

Last year, the number of foreign workers killed and wounded reached a record high of 5,672, including 32 fatalities.

One factor behind this situation is that foreign workers are engaged in work without acquiring sufficient knowledge of the Japanese language or sufficient safety awareness...

The incidence of work-related accidents per 1,000 workers was 4.1 in the technical intern training program, and 4.31 in the specified skilled workers, figures much higher than the overall rate of 2.36 for all workers, including Japanese...

To support safety education for foreign workers, the ministry has made manga teaching materials in 14 languages, including Vietnamese, Indonesian and Burmese...