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Number of local entertainers in Japan down
Deployment of Filipino entertainers to Japan is on a rapid decline ever since the Japanese government imposed stricter immigration policy for overseas performing artists (OPAs) more than three years ago.
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Japanese gov’t to make nursing exams easier
Following the dismal passing percentage of those who are taking the national licensure in Japan for “kangoshi” (nurses) [看護師] and “kaigofukushishi” (caregiver) [介護福祉士], the Japanese government has begun to introduce several improvements to make the examination easier for foreign applicants by replacing difficult words with easier ones.
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Nearly 40% of surveyed firms in Japan expect wages hike
A survey of more than 11,000 companies showed Thursday nearly four out of every 10 business corporations plan to raise wages for their regular workers in fiscal 2011 starting April 1, major credit research agency Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Thursday.
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Ishihara comes out for more immigration
Despite being known for xenophobic remarks, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara claims he welcomes an increase in foreign residents and says Japan should allow more immigrants to live here.
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Tokyo governor should retract anti-gay statement, activists say
The governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, should retract his recent statements denigrating lesbians and gay men, Human Rights Watch said today. The governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, should retract his recent statements denigrating lesbians and gay men, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Foreign employees in Japan up 15.5% to around 650,000 at end of Oct.
A total of 649,982 foreign workers were employed by 108,760 companies and other establishments in Japan as of the end of last October, up 15.5 percent and 14.1 percent, respectively, from a year earlier, the labor ministry said Monday. The total included 259,362 workers in the manufacturing sector, up 15.6 percent from the year before,…
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Ageing, insular Japan slowly discovers the benefits of immigration
It says much about Japan’s fortress-like approach to immigration that it made news when the country accepted 27 refugees from Burma late last year. They were first of a group of 90 Burmese that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ office persuaded Japan to accept as arguably a first baby step towards creating an humanitarian…
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Only 20% of English conversation teachers give classes in English
Only 20 percent of English oral communication teachers at Japanese public high schools were giving classes in English in 2010, far short of the “100 percent” target three years from now, a governmental survey showed Friday.
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ＡＬＴ：４月から派遣契約で チームティーチング可能に－－柏市教委 ／千葉
柏市立の小中学校で英語を教える外国語指導助手（ＡＬＴ）について、厚生労働省千葉労働局が違法な「偽装請負」と認定した問題を受け、柏市教委は新年度の４月から、日本人教師が外国人講師に直接指示しても法的な問題が起きないよう派遣契約と直接雇用に切り替える方針を決めた。
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Indonesian nurses to stay in Japan for extra shot at qualifying exam
The Japanese government plans to extend by a year the stays of Indonesian nurses and caregivers who came to Japan in 2008 under a bilateral accord, to give them an extra chance to take the yearly Japanese nursing qualification exam, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. The move comes on the back of low…