A ceremony was held to send off the 16th batch of Filipino candidates for nurse and certified care workers under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) at the Department of Migrant Workers in Mandaluyong City.
First Secretary and Labor Attaché Kanno Chihiro from the Embassy of Japan joined the ceremony and shared his well wishes to the new batch of JPEPA candidates.
The 16th batch is comprised of 223 candidates (composed of 13 nurses and 210 care workers). The 222 candidates are scheduled to travel to Tokyo on June 11 and 12, 2024, while one careworker candidate who is exempted from the Japanese language training will travel at a later date.
The candidates underwent a 6-month Preparatory Japanese Language Training in the Philippines, which concluded in May 2024. All candidates were hired through a government-to-government arrangement implemented by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services (JICWELS).
