Seminar discusses challenges in recruiting caregiver interns for Japan
Strict requirements in language and professional skills are the main obstacles for Vietnamese caregivers who wish to work as interns in Japan under the Japanese Government’s training programme for foreigners.
Scene at the seminar held by the Vietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) at the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, on August 6.(Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Strict requirements in language and professionalskills are the main obstacles for Vietnamese caregivers who wish to work asinterns in Japan under the Japanese Government’s training programme forforeigners.
The information was released at a seminar held by theVietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) at theVietnamese Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, on August 6.
The event attracted the participation of 200 representativesfrom Japanese labour unions and Vietnamese enterprises operating in labourexport.
To be eligible for working as caregivers in Japan, candidatesmust receive training in the field and pass the Japanese-Language ProficiencyTest (JLPT) at N4 level. The candidates are also required to obtain the JLPT N3level certificate after one year working in Japan.
Participants also noted that despite the strictrequirements, the wage for the apprentice caregivers is not higher than thosein other jobs.
Speaking at the seminar, Charge d’Affaires of the VietnameseEmbassy in Japan Nguyen Truong Son said Vietnam is a potential partner of Japanin supplying apprentice caregivers, as the country is facing a serious shortageof thousands of labours in the sector.
According to Kyodo News, Japan’s labour ministry estimates thatthe country will need an additional 550,000 caregivers in fiscal 2025 comparedto the fiscal 2016 due to the rapidly aging population. As an effort to receivemore foreign workers in the nursing sector, Japan enacted a new law inNovember, 2017 to add nursing care to the list of fields in which foreignerscan work under a training programme.
The training programme for foreigners was introduced in1993, aimed at transferring skills to developing countries by training workerswho would then return home.
According to the MOLISA’s Department of Overseas Labour,Japan is one of the biggest markets of Vietnamese labourers. By the end of2017, Vietnam had the highest number of participants in Japan’s trainingprogramme for foreigners with about 126,000 interns. The ministry has alsolicensed six Vietnamese companies to send caregiver interns to Japan.
Earlier this month, Japan and Vietnam signed a memorandum ofunderstanding under which Vietnamese caregiver interns will receive freeJapanese language and professional training courses before working in Japan.-VNA
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Scene at the seminar held by the Vietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) at the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, on August 6.(Photo: VNA) 
