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Japan-bound nurses from CSur has edge

Nurses from Camarines Sur applying for jobs in Japan will have a clear and decisive edge over applicants from other parts of the country because they have necessary communication skills needed by their Japanese employers.

This was stressed by Gov. L- Ray Villafuerte who explained that his Nihongo training program right at the Provincial Capitol Complex has now turned out a total of 333 graduates, mostly nurses and caregivers, only more than a year after it was started in February last year. 700 are presently enrolled in the Nihongo program who will fit into the basic requirements of Japanese employers.

The youthful governor who has just attended the 35th Leadership Program of Japan’s Institute for International Studies and Training said that that the Japan-Philippines Economic partnership Agreement (JEPA) has recently been signed wherein 400 to 500 Filipino nurses may be allowed to be deployed in Japan every year.

In March this year, Governor Villafuerte was also in the cities of Kobe and Kawanishi in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan where he met with Japanese government and medical industry officials, among them Governor Toshido Ido of the Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City Mayor Taturo Yoda, Kawanishi Mayor Sasusmu Shibao and Dr. Kenzo Kiso of Kyowa Medical Inc.

His trip which was mainly intended to look for job openings for Camarines Sur nurses and other medical professionals was hosted by Aki Foundation president Akitugu Orui and Japan Nursing Service Inc. president Masaki Hirayama. The Hyogo Prefecture alone is in need of about 3,000 nurses and caregivers.