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2020/3/27 Asia Insight Japan and the Philippines: Year 1 of the Specified Skilled Worker System

Media : NHK　World

Airdate : 2020年03月27日

Director : 李受娟

Producer : 鐘川崇仁

Japan and the Philippines:

Year 1 of the Specified Skilled Worker System

NHK World, March 27, 2020
10:30 – 11:00 / 16:30 – 17:00 / 19:30 – 20:00 / 4:30 – 5:00
In April of 2019, Japan introduced a new visa status, the Specified Skilled Worker, intended to encourage foreign laborers to boost Japan’s dwindling workforce. In theory, the system appears to be a fine proposal both for young Filipinos eager to send money home, and Japanese industries hoping for new workers. In practice, however, bureaucratic complications between the two nations mean that making use of the system isn’t as easy as it should be.
In April 2019, a particularly large number of students enrolled in Japanese language classes in Manilla, seeking to find work in Japan.
One year since the law was passed, citizens of the Philippines are still unable to obtain the visa, but they continue studying as they wait for the system to be put into action.
Airah Lette studies for the skills test in order to obtain the Specified Skilled Worker visa for the food service industry.
Totoy gained the Specified Skilled Worker visa in Japan in November 2019, and is employed at a shipyard in Sasebo.