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Loyal Filipinas refuse to abandon elderly patients
“How can I leave these people who are relying on me?” [Juanay, a 45-year-old Filipino woman undergoing on the job training to become a certified caregiver] said. Fanai is not the only Filipina who chose to stay on at the home despite the natural disaster and the aftershocks, coupled with the ongoing crisis at the…
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Flight of Chinese workers leaves Japanese businesses in the lurch
With many of the tens of thousands of workers who had helped fill Japan’s labor needs having returned to China after the earthquake and tsunami, the country faces another obstacle to recovery. As the manager of a sleek restaurant in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district, Yu Yoshida never expected he’d be in the kitchen wearing a…
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Linguage Sued For Unfair Labor Practices
Today at the Tokyo Labor Commission, Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union sued language school Linguage (AKA Linguaphone) for a host of Unfair Labor Practices under the Labor Union Act (Act No. 174 of June 1, 1949).
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「私たちはここに残る」 外国人介護士・看護師 被災地で奮闘続く
東日本大震災の被災地では、多くの医療関係者が昼夜を違わず活動を続けている。その中には、日本との経済連携協定（ＥＰＡ）に基づく看護師・介護士候補者の派遣事業で滞日中のフィリピンやインドネシアの女性たちも含まれる。「お年寄りを見捨てて去れない」「地震も津波も怖くない。みんなを助けたい」。彼女たちの献身的な姿勢には「国の誇り」（インドネシア政府）、「介護のヒロイン」（フィリピンのメディア）などと称賛の声が上がり、被災者たちも感銘している。
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Foreign arrivals at Narita airport dive 60% since quake
The number of foreign arrivals at Narita International Airport near Tokyo plunged about 60 percent from a year earlier to some 67,000 between March 11, the date of the massive earthquake, and March 22, officials with the Immigration Bureau said Thursday. In contrast, non-Japanese who left Japan through the country’s biggest international gateway during the…
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Number of foreigners leaving Japan soars 8-fold
An immigration official says more than 161,000 foreigners have left Japan since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that triggered an unfolding nuclear crisis. Taichi Iseki, an immigration official at Japan’s major airport, Narita, said Friday the number of foreigners flying out from March 11 to March 22 totaled 161,300 — an eightfold increase from…
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看護師試験合格のインドネシア人「被災地に行かせて」
看護師国家試験に合格した兵庫県姫路市のインドネシア人スワルティさん（３２）が２５日、勤務先の姫路赤十字病院で記者会見。東日本大震災に触れ「できれば（被災地に）行かせてほしい」と涙ながらに話した。
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Expats in Japan Tiptoe Back to Work
Life in Japan is showing tentative signs of returning to normal, but a fresh challenge may be facing the expatriates and Japanese who left and are now trickling back to their offices: how to cope with ostracism and anger from their colleagues who have worked through the crisis.
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U.S., British teachers help evacuees in tsunami-hit Iwate shelter
Three teachers of English from the United States and Britain have earned the thanks of evacuees at a shelter in tsunami-ravaged Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan after deciding to stay in the area to offer their help. The three men’s relatives in their own countries suggested they leave Japan home but they chose to work…
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Information on foreigners in Tohoku scarce
Authorities are trying to gather information about foreign victims of the March 11 earthquake-tsunami catastrophe, but the unprecedented damage is hampering relief work. Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto pledged to do his utmost to determine the whereabouts of foreigners, both alive and missing, but 10 days after the disaster the government remains unready to release even…