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Japan receives 265 would-be nurses, caregivers from Indonesia
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Workers attend a Japanese language class at the government's training center in Bekasi in a 2011 photo. (Kompas)
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he Japanese Embassy announced on Monday that the Japanese government had received 265 would-be Indonesian nurses and caregivers to work in the country as part of an economic partnership between Japan and Indonesia.
The batch, comprising 33 would-be nurses and 232 would-be caregivers, is the ninth batch since the partnership was forged in 2008, the embassy said in a statement.
A ceremony to mark the sending of the Indonesians to Japan will be held on Tuesday, with an official from the embassy in Jakarta, Kozo Honsei, and Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) head Nusron Wahid scheduled to witness the event.
The would-be nurses and caregivers have been in a six-month Japanese language training course since December.
Upon their arrival in Japan, the Indonesian workers will get another six months of Japanese language training before they are expected to start internships in their respective institutions pending their full employment. (dmr)
