Indonesian nurses take internships in Japan
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 07/05/2011 9:58 AM
At least 105 Indonesian nurses will soon head to Japan to join an internship program for up to four years, an official says.
"They will attend a Japanese language course in Jakarta for three months before leaving to Japan,” National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian
Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) deputy chairman Ade Adam Noh said Tuesday as quoted by Antara state news wire.
“They will attend another intensive language course for six months before working as interns at hospitals there.”
The internship program is part of a follow-up to the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that was signed in 2008.
A total of 791 Indonesian nurses and caregivers have been working in Japan since 2008.
Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Yoshinori Katori said the internship program was an
important contribution to efforts to improve bilateral ties between the two countries.
Meanwhile, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said he hoped more skilled Indonesian workers would be sent to Japan in future, including those from other sectors.
