Japan

Under the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Indonesia and the Philippines, Japan started to accept Indonesian candidates in the field of nursing and nursing care on an annual basis in fiscal 2008 and Filipino counterparts in fiscal 2009.

The agreements required such overseas candidates to undergo six-month Japanese-language training (except for those candidates already possessing a certain level of proficiency in the language).

 

The Government of Nepal has signed bilateral labour agreements with five major destination countries, namely the Kingdom of Bahrain (April 29, 2008), the State of Qatar (April 21, 2005), the United Arab Emirates (July 3, 2007), the Republic of Korea (July 23, 2007) and Japan (2009). The Government is also taking into consideration signing labour agreements with Oman, Lebanon and Malaysia.

Due to the 2008-2009 economic crisis, a large number of migrant children in Japan were forced out of school as their parents lost their jobs and could no longer afford to pay private school tuition. The project will provide funding to operate bridging schools for migrant children, to enable them to study the Japanese language and other subjects. The objective is to encourage their smooth transfer to the Japanese public schools system, which is tuition free. The bridging schools are also expected to help promote their smooth integration within the local community.