Japan has opened the doors for Filipino caregivers to handle the aging population. The arrival of new nurses at the care facility in Tokyo’s western fringes represents a fresh step for Japan. Some 30 nurses are among the first Filipinas at nursing facilities in Japan, which has signed a free-trade agreement with the Philippines that broke precedent by allowing workers to come in.
A handful of care support facilities have
accepted 15 Filipinos including Falqueza and Pineda as trainees to brace for
the full-fledged entry of Filipino nurses to Japan.
Japan has agreed to accept up to 1,000
care workers and nurses from the Philippines in two years. Under the agreement,
the care workers are required to learn Japanese and to pass Japanese
certification examinations, even if they are already legally qualified in the
Philippines.
So every day, Falqueza and Pineda attend
four hours of Japanese classes in the morning and then “literally rush to catch
a rapid train to the care support facility" which is located some two and
a half hours away, Falqueza says.
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