Eight years after arriving from Brazil, Rennan Yamashita sat in a government office in central Japan, filling out forms for unemployment insurance ...
Rennan Yamashita, a Brazilian worker who was recently laid off from his job, poses for a photo during an interview with Reuters in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Sakura MurakamiTSU, Japan: Eight years after arriving from Brazil, Rennan Yamashita sat in a government office in central Japan, filling out forms for unemployment insurance after losing his job for the ninth or 10th time: he has lost count.
Foreign workers are particularly vulnerable, with a weaker support network and language barriers that prevent them from seeking government help. "Foreign workers on short-term contracts are laid off first," because they're easier to fire, Union Mie organiser Akai Jimbu said. More than 1.6 million foreign workers supported the Japanese economy as of October 2019 – a four-fold increase from 2008.
But most foreign workers don't turn to the government for help. While Union Mie handled hundreds of consultations this year through mid-April, the local labour ministry office saw only seven. Kaori Nakao and Akai Jimbu wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, take part in a protest against Nakao's firing in front of the factory she used to work at in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami
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