[/floatr]eKantipur: Japan to take in Nepali workers
Japanese officials have agreed to accept Nepali semi-skilled and skilled trainee workers for employment with different business enterprises in Japan...Shyam Prasad Mainali, secretary at the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MoLTM), said officials of the two countries have signed Minutes of Understanding, specifying priorities in the process of recruiting Nepalis for jobs in Japan...Mainali said both sides agreed to designate Nepali institutions with authority to send trainees to one of the most lucrative labor destinations, and also to adopt measures to check possible cheating of job seekers during the recruitment process. Japan is expected to absorb Nepali workers mainly in the industrial and agriculture sectors..."We see Japan becoming a destination for huge numbers of Nepali job aspirants who are skilled or semi skilled"...Under the understanding, the trainee workers will get two years of training and one year of internship at work places in Japan, with handsome pay. He said during their trainee period the workers can earn between Rs 80,000 (120,000 yen) and Rs100,000 (150,000 yen) per month as allowance, excluding overtime, depending on the status of the employing companies...more...
