We started only processing labor documents of SSW in February 2020,” she said. “We want to get a big chunk of the 350,000 so far there are only 10,000 workers were able to enter because of the pandemic. “Based on the deployment track on specified skilled workers which was opened by the Japanese government in 2019, they said that within the five-year period they will allow the entry of 350,000 workers,” she said.Įstrada said they want to get a big portion of the target foreign workers since only 10,000 workers were able to enter Japan before the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Labor Attaché Elizabeth Marie Estrada, in a virtual forum on Friday, said the host country will be needing 350,000 foreign workers under the specified skilled workers (SSWs) within a five-year period after it was launched in 2019.
MANILA – Employment opportunities await migrant workers, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Japan. The POLO said there are 277,409 Filipino workers in Japan, as of July 16, 2021, the number is lower than 5,389 from the data in July 2020 at 282,798.
