TOKYO, Jan. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The welfare ministry will train translators with special knowledge to support foreign women victimized by violence from their Japanese spouses or human trafficking, its sources said Wednesday.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will begin training sessions in April for applicants with linguistic capability so they can learn how to face the victims, the sources said.
It will split the cost of the sessions between the state and the prefectural governments on a fifty-fifty basis.
Many human trafficking victims are forced to work in adult entertainment businesses, including as prostitutes, and they are hesitant to report to police due to fears caused by threats and violence, the sources said.
Since fiscal 2001, a total of 236 women have been put under protection as of the end of last September as victims of human trafficking or domestic violence, of whom almost 90 percent were from the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.
While translators have been working for the victims, they sometimes fail to deal appropriately with the women as they do not understand how the women feel, a ministry official said.
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