Japan shuns Filipino Nurses for Indonesian Nurses/caregivers

[Hoss]

JAKARTA - Indonesia will send 400 nurses to Japan in August. This may be an indication that Philippine dominance in Nursing has ended. India, Indonesia and other Asian countries are obviously pushing hard for these jobs overseas.

Japan to prioritize nurses from Indonesia rather than from RP: report

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia will send 400 nurses to Japan in August to help the rapidly ageing country deal with a shortage of healthcare workers, a report said Tuesday.

The workers would be the first Indonesian nurses sent en masse to Japan, which traditionally sources many of its foreign nurses from the Philippines, Japanese consul Masaro Sato was quoted as saying by state news agency Antara.

The agreement for 400 nurses is higher than the 200 per year originally set out in a Japan-Indonesia free trade deal inked last August.

"We are giving priority to nurses from Indonesia rather than from the Philippines because Japan and Indonesia share many similarities such as cultural diversity," Sato said.

The nurses, who would be required to have a minimum two years' experience, would work in Japanese hospitals, Sato said.

On top of the demand for nurses, Sato said Japan required 600 carers and that "hundreds" would be sent from Indonesia next month.

[suzanne4, RN]

And once again, they are going as care-giver's and nothing more than that. Japan does not even permit their own nationals who train in other countries to get licensed there, so they are not going to do it for someone from another country.

They will not be working in the role of the RN either, perhaps as a nursing asst but not in the role of the RN.

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But let this be a lesson to those that are reading here, there are those from other countries that can easily do the same work as you. Do not think for a moment that all is riding on your shoulders to come to another country's rescue, it is not.

And this just proves it once again.

[rainstar]

I really doubt if the 400 Indonesian nurses going to Japan will be working in the RN role. Japan has some really strict requirements, including learning the nihongo language and taking the board exams written in japanese. This is why the Philippine Nurses Association is against importing Filipino nurses to Japan. Yes, the foreign nurse MIGHT be given a job, but not a job that is suited to his/her education and training.

[suzanne4, RN]

What you wrote is very true, they are not going to be getting licenses as the RN.

The Japanese government does not license Japanese nurses that have trained in another country and that are quite fluent in Japanese as it is their native language, but the government will not permit them to get licensed if they return home.

Most of the contracts that are set up between the Philippines and other countries is purely to send the RN to work in the role of a care-giver and nothing more than that.

[jennygump]

My partner in life used to work for an Indonesian businessman and he spoke very little English: Yes, no, tenk you, oki-oki. He would be lucky to get a score of 3 in the IELTS exam. You can add another two Japanese words: Arigarto and Hai.

So to our Japanese clients I say to you - good luck and have fun. Sayonara for now. Hope to hear from you in six months.

FYI: there are planned communities in the Philippines for Japanese retirees. And word has it - all sold-out.

[g_l]

My partner in life used to work for an Indonesian businessman and he spoke very little English: Yes, no, tenk you, oki-oki. He would be lucky to get a score of 3 in the IELTS exam. You can add another two Japanese words: Arigarto and Hai.

very little english? who cares? you don't need good vocabulary to good at making beds or cleaning after someone.

So to our Japanese clients I say to you - good luck and have fun. Sayonara for now. Hope to hear from you in six months.

they'll have fun all right. workers who don't mind working for a lower salary, it's better than nothing. employers would have a merry time saving their money. and where does that leave us? still nowhere.

[male_nurse22]

I think other first world countries are taking chances on the over supply of nurses in the Philippines. They are using nursing as front act to attract these nurses to work in their country and exploit them as caregivers and assistants and sometimes prostitutes.

[potatomasher]

Well, nurses who are desperate will go to other countries even though they're quite aware that their status of work there will be much lower than what they earned in college. Sorry but it's not my cup of tea...I'd rather wait for some better opportunities than jumping into some "dangerous" waters.