60,000 Caregivers Needed by Japan due to their Aging Population

According to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Japan will need 60,000 caregivers in the next five years because of their high aging population.

 Based on Bernard Olalia, POEA administrator, Japan’s has a big and growing population of aging residents and so, it is expected that it will be experiencing a big labor shortage in the future.

Any person who wants to apply to work as a caregiver in Japan can send in their applications in POEA or in any other licensed recruitment agency.

It is scheduled to open job orders for Specified Worker Visa 1 and 2 in the following month.

Olalia said that for both the government and employment track, there will be no placement fee and no employment fees to be charged.

Bernard Olalia also added in his statement that there is no need for experience to become a caregiver.

Nursing graduates and people with National Certificate 2 (NC 2) from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are automatically qualified for the caregiving jobs.

The salary of caregivers in Japan is Y 200,000 or P95, 776.

There is a cooperative which is a member in a caregiving institution and hospital in Japan that gives caregiver training to Filipinos.

This will help Filipinos to easily pass in their applications to work as caregivers in Japan.

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