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Can Certified Care Workers Become Long‐term Settlers?: Case Study of 49 Filipinos under the Japan–Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
Author(s) -
Takahata Sachi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of japanese sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.133
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1475-6781
pISSN - 0918-7545
DOI - 10.1111/ijjs.12050
Subject(s) - general partnership , certification , term (time) , economic partnership agreement , economic growth , demographic economics , political science , business , economics , finance , economic policy , law , physics , quantum mechanics , european union
This article focuses on the first group of Filipino certified care worker ( kaigo fukushishi ) candidates who joined Japan's caregiving workforce under the Japan–Philippines economic partnership agreement ( EPA ) in 2009. The arrival of this group marked the start of the arrival of Filipinos specifically to work and study for 3 years in a designated care facility in order to take Japan's unique national board exam in 2013. Based on the follow‐up research on 49 of the first group of 190 Filipino candidates, this study examines the lives of those passing the board exam who decided to remain and continue to work in Japan. Being able to transfer to various care facilities for better employment conditions, their quality of life in Japan has improved, while the issues regarding their residential status and reuniting with their family have yet to be resolved.