Japan to recruit 20 thousand Nepali caregivers

Kathmandu, Feb 10: Japan is to recruit 20,000 Nepali workers to work as caregivers in the health sector.

At a press conference organized here on Monday, Nepali and Japanese companies announced the signing of the ‘Nepal-Japan Service Exchange Program’ to recruit 20,000 Nepali caregivers. On the occasion, representatives of Japan’s Genkou Research Institute, Kozai Koson Corporation, Progressive Staff Agency Nepal’s Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Sun & Company Pvt. Ltd., and Sandipani Group of Companies signed the agreement.

Naresh Ojha, Executive Director of Sandipani Group of Companies, said people between the ages of 18 and 45 will be eligible for such employment in Japan. Nepalis who have passed the basic Japanese language test and passed the prescribed skills test will be eligible to be selected to go to work as caregivers in Japan.

Those who pass the language test and skills test will be selected by a Japanese company through an interview, said PSS Executive Director Chizo Masuda. Those selected to work as caregivers in Japan can earn up to 200,000 Japanese yen per month and will have three to five years of working contract. —RSS