{
  "id": 327615,
  "title": "Japan Firms Pad Numbers of Workers with Disabilities in Job Placement Agency’s Scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/japan-firms-pad-numbers-of-workers-with-disabilities-in-job-placement",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T09:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20260808-342506/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some companies were found to have padded the number of full-time employees with disabilities in their report to the government by including those hired through a job placement agency’s training program, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}