A survey has shown that there will be a crisis of 64 lakh workers in Japan by 2030. The workers will be needed in service sectors like medicine, sales and other areas.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Japan government has said that under the reformed immigration law, 47 thousand foreign workers will be able to enter Japan next fiscal year. Reportedly, the government has informed local media that in the next fiscal, Japan will face more than six lakh worker deficiency.
According to government statistics, 50-60 thousand workers will get the chance to work in nursing sector alone followed by rising demand in the restaurant and construction sectors.
Japan has stopped visas for unskilled workers but to tackle labour shortage, many have been allowed to work through student visa and intern trainee visas.
At present, only technical interns are going to Japan from Bangladesh and last year, an agreement was signed between I M Japan and the ministry of expatriate welfare.
Expatriate welfare and overseas employment minister, Nurul Islam, says: “we can provide skilled workers and meet the labour demand in Japan.”
Meanwhile, country director of I am Japan, Yoshihiro Hota expresses desire to take huge manpower from Bangladesh; as part of the plan, he visited different areas of Bangladesh.
“I am impressed by the skilled people who have received training and hope to take workers from Bangladesh which will solidify relations between the two countries,” hoped Yoshihiro.
DG of Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training, BMET, Selim Reza, said: “we have begun training people on Japanese language and other skills.”
Head of BRAC migration programme, Shariful Hassan, says: “Japan provides lucrative salary plus accommodation but to get a chunk of that market, workers need to be skilled.”
To enhance the skill level of potential workers, we can provide special courses at training centres across the country, he commented.