TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government should forbid employers from retaining the passports of their foreign workers, a lawyer said on Thursday after a Filipino woman sued her former employer for refusing to return her personal documents.
The case comes at a time when the government is seeking to attract labourers from outside Japan in hopes of finding a solution to the country's severe labour shortage. A visa scheme introduced last year is projected to draw in 345,000 workers over five years.
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