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Compliance, accident prevention, training design, and industry cases — practical articles for the field, written one at a time by the editorial desk.

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Multilingual Safety Training in Japan — In-House Translation vs External Vendors vs Multilingual e-Learning (Comparison Guide)

A practical comparison of three approaches to multilingual safety and health training for foreign workers in Japan (in-house translation, external translation vendors, multilingual e-Learning) across four dimensions: initial cost, ongoing cost, Japanese ISHA compliance, and language coverage. Covers 3-year total cost in JPY, decision criteria by Japanese company size and industry, and common pitfalls of in-house translation.

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E-learning vs Classroom Training for Japanese On-Hire Safety & Health Education — Cost, Operations, and ISHA Compliance

Should Japan's mandatory on-hire safety and health training (雇入れ時安全衛生教育) under the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act be delivered as e-learning or classroom training? We compare both on four practical axes — cost, time commitment, ISHA compliance, and multilingual support for foreign workers — and lay out the optimal answer by industry, for companies operating in Japan.

Law & Compliance

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Law & Compliance

Slinging Special Education vs Skills Training in Japan — The 1-Ton Lifting Capacity Boundary Under Japanese ISHA

In Japan, slinging (玉掛け) is split between special education (特別教育) and skills training (技能講習) at the 1-ton lifting capacity boundary defined by the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act. We organize the Japanese legal basis, training hours, costs in JPY, and on-site judgment axes — including multilingual delivery for foreign workers employed in Japan.

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Law & Compliance

On-Hire Training Records in Japan — 3-Year Retention Under Japanese ISHA Regulations Article 38

After delivering Japan's on-hire safety and health training, for how many years and in what format must you keep the records? We organize Japan's 3-year retention obligation under Article 38 of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Regulations (労働安全衛生規則第38条), the 7 items to record, and the migration steps from paper to digital — for HR and general affairs officers at Japan-based employers.

Law & Compliance

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Law & Compliance

Safety Training for Technical Interns in Japan — Pitfalls and Preparing for the April 2027 Ikuseishu Transition

Safety training for technical interns in Japan is a three-layer structure of "sending organization, supervising organization (監理団体), receiving employer." We organize the tendency to formalize within Japan's current Technical Intern Training Program and what changes with the April 2027 transition to the Japanese Ikuseishu (育成就労) program — for receiving employer staff at Japan-based companies.

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Training Design

Multilingual Slinging Skills Training (玉掛け技能講習) in Japan — Difference from Special Education at the 1-Ton Boundary

For companies in Japan assigning foreign workers to crane work, we organize Japan's "skills training" (技能講習) vs "special education" (特別教育) boundary (1-ton threshold under the Japanese ISHA), the flow of taking the course at a Japanese registered training organization (登録教習機関), and realistic options for delivery in Vietnamese, Chinese, English, Indonesian — for construction and manufacturing managers at Japan-based employers.

Law & Compliance

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Law & Compliance

Complete List of Japan's 59 Special Education Categories — Multilingual Status by Work Type (Japanese ISHA Article 36)

A complete reference to the 59 work categories defined in Article 36 of Japan's Industrial Safety and Health Regulations (労働安全衛生規則第36条) — organized by construction machinery, electrical, lifting, and other categories. Covers differences from skills training (技能講習), walls in multilingual delivery for foreign-worker employment in Japan, and Labona's coverage — for managers at Japan-based employers.

Industry Cases

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Industry Cases

Safety Training for Foreign Workers in Japan's Logistics Industry — Warehouse & Delivery Risks Under Japanese ISHA

How to structure safety training for foreign workers in Japan's logistics industry (warehouse and delivery) — using Japanese MHLW accident data, the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act's on-hire training requirements, delivery work, special education (forklift / slinging), and multilingual priorities — broken down into practical operations for managers at Japan-based logistics companies.

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Choosing Languages for Safety Training in Japan — Localization Priority Order (with Japan MHLW Nationality Data)

For HR officers at Japan-based employers wondering "which language do we start with?" when localizing safety and health training for foreign workers. We organize Japan MHLW nationality data, industry-specific priorities in Japan, and the staged rollout plan from one language to five.

Law & Compliance

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Law & Compliance

Japan's Ikuseishu (育成就労) vs Technical Intern Program — Safety Training Comparison for the 2027 Transition

With Japan's Ikuseishu (育成就労) program starting April 2027, how does safety training for foreign workers in Japan change versus the existing Technical Intern Training Program? We compare both on quick-reference tables, pre/post-arrival training in Japan, transfer handover under Japanese labor law, and the receiving employer's scope of responsibility — for staff preparing at Japan-based receiving companies.

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Law & Compliance

On-Hire Training for Dispatch / Secondment in Japan — Dispatch Agency or User Company? (Japanese Worker Dispatch Act)

When accepting dispatch workers / secondees in Japan, who delivers on-hire safety and health training under Japanese labor law — the dispatch agency or the user company? We organize the relationship between Article 59 of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act and the Japanese Worker Dispatch Act (労働者派遣法), covering responsibility split, record retention, and additional considerations for foreign-worker dispatch — for both dispatch agencies and user companies operating in Japan.

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Full-Harness Special Education for Foreign Workers in Japan — 5-Language Multilingual Delivery under Japanese ISHA

How to deliver Japan's mandatory full-harness fall arrest special education (フルハーネス特別教育・required since 2022 under the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act) to foreign workers employed in Japan. We organize the required 4.5h academic + 1.5h practical content and the practical points for 5-language delivery (English, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indonesian) — for construction and manufacturing managers operating in Japan.

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Training Design

Vietnamese-Language Forklift Special Education for Japan — Japanese ISHA Compliance for Vietnamese Workers

How to deliver Japan's mandatory forklift special education (特別教育・under 1-ton capacity, Japanese ISHA Article 59-3) and skills training (技能講習・1-ton-plus) to Vietnamese workers employed in Japan. We organize how to choose Vietnamese-language academic materials, how to communicate during practical instruction at Japanese sites, and how to separate special education from skills training — for logistics and manufacturing managers in Japan.

Industry Cases

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Industry Cases

Safety Training for Foreign Workers in Japan's Manufacturing Sector — Preventing "Caught/Entangled" Accidents (ISHA Checklist)

Manufacturing leads all Japanese industries in fatal and serious injuries to foreign workers (48% of foreign-worker workplace accidents in Japan, per MHLW). This article centers on "caught/entangled" accidents and organizes items to confirm in Japanese on-hire training and special education as an on-site checklist, plus multilingual delivery points — for managers at Japan-based manufacturers.

Law & Compliance

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Law & Compliance

Employer Duty of Care for Foreign Workers in Japan — Compensation Risk and Case Law Under Japanese Labor Law

Japan's employer duty of care (安全配慮義務) under Article 5 of the Japanese Labor Contract Act applies fully to foreign workers employed in Japan. Starting from the Osaka District Court ruling of July 2024 — which found that Japanese-only safety training violated this duty — this guide organizes the relationship with the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act (労働安全衛生法), real compensation risk for companies operating in Japan, and practical countermeasures, written for legal, HR, and executive readers at Japan-based employers.

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Three Approaches to Multilingual Safety Training for Foreign Workers in Japan — Cost, Operations, and Japanese ISHA Coverage

There are three main ways to deliver safety and health training to foreign workers in Japan in multiple languages: in-house translation, external vendor outsourcing, and multilingual e-learning. This article compares them across four axes—cost in JPY, operational workload at Japanese sites, language coverage, and Japanese ISHA regulatory follow-through—and lays out how to choose based on Japan-based company size and the nationality mix of foreign workers.

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Training Design

Online Delivery of Japan's On-Hire Safety & Health Training — Japanese MHLW Notice Requirements and Practical Pitfalls

Japan's MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) formally permits online delivery of on-hire safety and health training (雇入れ時安全衛生教育) under its January 2021 notice. This article walks HR officers at Japan-based employers considering e-learning through the Japanese legal basis, the 4 required conditions, identity verification, 3-year recordkeeping under the Japanese ISHA, and common failure patterns.

Industry Cases

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Industry Cases

Safety Training for Foreign Workers on Japanese Construction Sites — 5 Frontline Walls and How to Get Over Them

A practical breakdown — for site managers and prime contractor staff at construction companies operating in Japan — of the 5 walls you hit when running safety training for foreign workers on Japanese construction sites (language, culture, schedule, prime/subcontractor responsibility split under Japanese labor law, records). Includes the relevant Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act articles.

Law & Compliance

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Law & Compliance

Japan's April 2024 (令和6年) Expansion of On-Hire Safety & Health Training — All 8 Items Now Mandatory Across Every Industry

The April 1, 2024 expansion of Japan's on-hire safety and health training under the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act. We organize the key points of the revision — the abolition of the omission clause in 労働安全衛生規則 (Japanese ISHA Regulations) Article 35, which now makes all 8 items mandatory across every Japanese industry — along with the scope and required items, written for compliance officers at Japan-based employers.

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Law & Compliance

Complete Guide to On-Hire Safety & Health Training in Japan (雇入れ時教育) — Japanese ISHA Article 59 & 8 Mandatory Items

Japan's on-hire safety and health training (雇入れ時安全衛生教育) was expanded to cover all industries and all employment types under the April 2024 (令和6年4月) revision of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act. Labona — a five-language e-learning provider for Japan — gives a systematic walkthrough of the duty scope under ISHA Article 59, the eight statutory training items under 労働安全衛生規則第35条, online delivery, dispatch workers, 3-year record retention, and multilingual delivery — for HR and compliance staff at Japan-based employers.

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Training Design

Multilingual Special Education for Foreign Workers in Japan — 59 Work Categories Under Japanese ISHA (Complete Guide)

A systematic guide to Japan's 59 work categories where special education (特別教育) is mandatory under the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act — forklift, slinging, full-body harness, arc welding, rope high-place work, free-grinding wheel work, scaffold assembly, and more. Labona — a five-language e-learning provider for Japan — covers e-learning selection criteria, coverage across English, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indonesian, and a five-step implementation plan for delivery "in a language foreign workers in Japan can understand."

Law & Compliance

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Law & Compliance

Japan's Ikuseishuro (育成就労) Program Effective April 2027 — Safety & Health Training Obligations for Receiving Companies in Japan

Japan's new Ikuseishuro (育成就労 / Training & Employment) program, which replaces the Technical Intern Training Program, launches April 2027. We explain, from a frontline practitioner's view in Japan, the scope of safety and health training obligations under Japanese labor law for receiving companies, the differences from the prior Technical Intern Training Program, and how to roll out multilingual training across Japan.

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Training Design

Complete Guide to Safety and Health Training for Foreign Workers in Japan — Construction, Manufacturing, Logistics under the Japanese ISHA

A complete guide to Japan's safety and health training obligations for foreign workers, now exceeding 2.57 million across Japan (Oct 2025, MHLW). Built for HR, legal, and site managers at Japan-based employers, Labona — a five-language e-learning provider — covers the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act (Articles 59/60/61), industry-specific issues in Japan, language priority across five languages, common failure patterns, and step-by-step implementation.