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Indonesian Nurse, Caregiver Vow To Do Best To Pass Japan Exam

Two Indonesian vowed Friday to do their best to pass the Japanese
national qualification exams within three to four years to work as a
nurse and a caregiver in Japan.

Erli Ridwan, a 35-year-old male nurse from Ache, and Danta, a
28-year-old female nurse from central Java, said at the Japan National
Press Club that they are eager to learn advanced nursing science and
technology in Japan and adapt themselves to Japanese society.

They arrived in Japan on Thursday to work in a program under a
bilateral free trade agreement.

”As a pioneer, I’d like to overcome hurdles (to long-term employment
in Japan) and do my best to prepare for the qualification exam,”
Ridwan said in Indonesian.

He has eight years of work experience in a Jakarta hospital as a nurse
and is scheduled to work at a Tokyo hospital after a six-month
training program in Japanese language and lifestyle.

Danta, who does not have a family name, has also pledged to strive to
pass the examination. ”Even if I fail, I will bring back to Indonesia
what I experienced in Japan. I’d like to learn about the diligence,
kindness and discipline of the Japanese people,” she said in Indonesian.

Danta has worked as a nurse in Indonesia. But she applied as a
caregiver in Japan because she is interested in helping elderly
people. A nursing home for the aged in Yokohama is scheduled to accept
her after her training.

Ridwan and Danta are among 205 Indonesian candidates for nurses and
caregivers to arrive in Japan as the first batch of recruits for jobs
in Japan. Read more…

First nurses arrive from Indonesia

By SHINICHI TERADA
Staff writer of The Japan Times Online (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Tri Yulianti, 23-year-old Indonesian, has worked as a nurse in Jakarta for two years and hopes to start caring for Japan’s elderly early next year.
She is one of the first group of some 200 Indonesian caregivers and nurses who arrived Thursday to find jobs in Japan under the two nations’ economic partnership agreement that took effect July 1.

“I’m very excited to work in Japan,” she said with a smile through an interpreter at Narita International Airport. “Japan has a good culture, technology and people. I also have a sister living in Japan, so I’d feel comfortable living here.”

This is the first time Japan has allowed a large number of foreigners to work in hospitals and nursing homes. But their help will be welcome.

Care facilities are suffering from an acute labor shortage that is being made worse by the rapidly growing elderly population.

Japan is preparing to make similar arrangements with its other regional neighbors, including the Philippines.

The Indonesian group consists of 104 nurses and 101 caregivers, with women accounting for some 60 percent of the group.

They will go through Japanese language and other training programs at government-affiliated organizations across Japan for six months, and will start work at around 100 institutions from January or February.

The EPA will allow them to stay for three to four years, but if they want to stay indefinitely, they will have to pass the national qualification exams, which have deadlines of three years for nurses and four years for caregivers.

Japan will accept up to 400 nurses and 600 caregivers over two years. Half of them were supposed to be secured in the first year, but a short application period and other factors left Japan more than halfway short of its target.

Experts are concerned about the program’s viability because nurses and caregivers have only six months to build sufficient language skills and will be hard-pressed to pass the national qualification tests in just three to four years.

Meanwhile, other developed countries are also trying to hire nurses. Read more…