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 |  Subject: Ex-Filipino hostesses become caregivers  Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:11 am | |
| The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Japan and the
Philippines was completed in 2006. This agreement allowed the two
countries to exchange a total of 12,000 caregivers in the next two
years.
However, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare estimates that
500,000 caregivers will be needed by 2016 because of the aging
population in Japan. Under the circumstances, 200,000 ex-Filipino
hostesses, currently living in Japan as wives of Japanese husbands, are
being drawn to the nursing care business. These ex-hostesses speak and
understand Japanese well, because they’ve lived in Japan for over 20
years, and they have valid visas as wives of Japanese.
A spokesperson for Japan Nursing Care Center Corp says 17 of 22
students at its nursing qualification level 2 courses are Filipinos.
Since the level 2 qualification doesn’t require writing exams, but only
132-hour practical training, it is easier for them to obtain a license
even if they are not good at writing and reading Japanese.
More than 1,000 Filipinos have graduated from Tokyo Caregiver
Academy which has offered caregiver courses to Filipinos since 2005. In
2006, the Licensed Filipino Caregivers Association in Japan (LFCAJ) was
established with about 2,000 qualified caregivers.
Read more here.....
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