A Filipino technical trainee will sue her employer and an intermediary body for around 5.7 million yen in damages .
The woman informed the intermediary body of her pregnancy last year.
She hoped to return upon taking maternity leave .
But she was forced to express her intention of quitting the job .
She left Japan and consulted with a citizens' group, then decided to file the lawsuit.
The law on equal opportunity employment for men and women prohibits unfair treatment.
The law applies to foreign technical trainees.
The employer and the intermediary body have declined to comment.
The technical internship program has been criticized as a means of importing cheap labor.
The program must be improved.
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