The Vietnamese workers Japan depends on are falling through the cracks. One Buddhist nun is trying to catch them. This article looks at the difficulties faced by Vietnamese workers in Japan, who make up a quarter of all foreign workers in Japan, especially those on the Technical Internship Training Programme, and the work of Thich Tam Tri, a Vietnamese monk who supports Vietnamese people in hardship at her r¥temple, Diaonji in Saitama. Washington Post, 3 Feb 2022.
Vietnamese trainee in Japan demands apology for 2 years of abuse "A Vietnamese man who had worked as a technical trainee at a construction company in western Japan said Monday he was violently abused by Japanese colleagues for around two years and is demanding an apology and compensation from the company and supervising organization that arranged the placement". Kyodo News, 17 Jan 2022.
Saitama temple takes in exploited Vietnamese trainees About Daionji temple in Saitama that takes in and supports Vietnamese people who have lost their jobs on the Technical Internship Training Program. It tells the stories of some of these workers. Includes a video. Asahi Shimbun, 27 Nov 2020.
Vietnamese people in Japan: A Wikipedia article
Young Vietnamese face hardship in Japan The number of Vietnamese people living in Japan has trebled over the past five years. The figure now stands at over 300 thousand. 74 percent are students and technical intern trainees who come to the country to acquire advanced skills to take home. This article looks at the problems these foreign workers face. NHK World, 9 May 2019.
40,000 foreign trainees enter Japan amid virus as others fired This article looks at the situation of trainees on the Technical Internship Training Programme, especially from Vietnam, during the Covid pandemic, explains some of the criticisms of the programme and reports on a proposal to replace the programme with a different system. Asahi Shimbun, 21 Jan, 2021
Vietnamese find lifeline at temple in Nagoya after losing jobs This article explains the stories of Vietnamese people sheltering at Tokurinji temple in Nagoya. They lost their jobs on the Technical Internship Training Programme and were unable to return home to Vietnam because of corona restrictions on travel and entry to Japan. The article refers to experts who blame the situation on problems with the Technical Internship Training Programme itself. Asahi Shimbun, 11 May 2020.
Tokyo sex parlor heads accused of illegally hiring foreign trainees The article describes a sex parlour which used Vietnamese women to provides sexual services. The women came to Japan to work on the Technical Internship Training Programme but lost their jobs in that due to the pandemic and could not return to Vietnam so turned to sex work to survive. Asahi Shimbun, 10 Nov 2020.
"Vietnam, Japan nuclear project intact despite Fukushima" is a newspaper article from October 2011 about nuclear trade between Japan and Vietnam.
"Boat People Put Japan Refugee Policy On Rough Seas" is a 1989 Chicago Tribune article that looks at how Japan responded to the arrival of Vietnamese boat people.
孤立する技能実習生（1）”奴隷労働”でも「相談先ない」、岐阜縫製のベトナム人女性が相談できない理由 - A story about female technical trainees from Vietnam, isolated in Japan. Yahoo, 6 Feb 2017.
夢破れる外国人労働者たち Article about the situation of foreign workers in Japan, focused on Vietnamese workers, including stories of why they came to Japan and some interviews.) NHK, 20 Sep 2019.
This is a 2008 paper about the Vietnamese diaspora in Japan and the problems that they face.