Overview
"Japan is a developed country. A good country." That's what many Vietnamese people believe when they come to Japan as technical intern trainees. For four years, NHK has followed 10 Vietnamese intern trainees who arrived with a dream, but were subjected to harsh conditions, long working hours, wage theft, and violence. The COVID-19 pandemic made their lives even more difficult. Then, six of them fled from their workplace. What became of them? Our investigation uncovered the dire situation that they and many others like them face, including illegal lenders, unwanted pregnancy and abortion, and the coronavirus itself. What can be done to change this harsh reality?
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6 - 2Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 1 (1928-1937) January 15, 2022 -
6 - 3Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 2 (1937-1941) January 15, 2022 -
6 - 4FINDING SATOSHI January 29, 2022 -
6 - 5A Monk’s Lessons: Living Amid Death From COVID February 12, 2022 -
6 - 6Carbon Farming: A Climate Solution Under Our Feet February 19, 2022 -
6 - 7Reviving Tezuma: Japan's Traditional Magic February 26, 2022 -
6 - 8The Unknown Master of Restoration March 05, 2022 -
6 - 9Fukushima Monologue II March 12, 2022 -
6 - 10Fukushima: The Curse of Groundwater April 23, 2022 -
6 - 11Ukraine: Prelude to a Crisis May 28, 2022 -
6 - 12Rainbow Family June 11, 2022 -
6 - 13A Teacher's Life Lesson June 18, 2022 -
6 - 14Karl and Tina: Village Life in the Deep Snow June 25, 2022 -
6 - 15Daily Life in Times of War August 06, 2022 -
6 - 16Kyiv, the Resistance of Citizens August 13, 2022 -
6 - 17Art of the Inland Sea August 27, 2022 -
6 - 18Art is Our Voice October 01, 2022 -
6 - 19Land of Rising Dreams? October 08, 2022 -
6 - 20Karl and Tina: Bountiful Autumn in the Village October 22, 2022
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6 - 21Mississippi Revealed October 29, 2022 -
6 - 22JAPAN-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT: Behind the Curtain November 12, 2022 -
6 - 23Mountainous Traditions November 19, 2022 -
6 - 24OKINAWA'S RETURN: 50 YEARS ON - Islands at Odds with Peace & Security - December 17, 2022 -
6 - 25Poet of the Piano Fuzjko Hemming: On a Journey to Chopin's Mallorca December 24, 2022 -
6 - 26Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Virus Hunters' Mission - Part 1 December 24, 2022 -
6 - 27Danjuro: A Kabuki Star for Three Centuries December 31, 2022 -
6 - 28Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Virus Hunters' Mission - Part 2 December 31, 2022