JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI AND PRESIDENT ARROYO

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                    [Summary] => TOKYO (AFP) – Japan said yesterday it will accept up to 400 nurses and 600 caregivers from the Philippines in a first-of-a-kind provision under a free trade agreement between the two Asian countries.


The quota will cover an initial period of two years, Tetsuo Tsuji, the administrative vice labor minister, told a news conference.


"We consider the numbers appropriate in the sense that they will not have an adverse effect on the labor market in Japan," he said.


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Japan to hire 400 Filipino nurses

September 12, 2006 - 12:00am

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan said yesterday it will accept up to 400 nurses and 600 caregivers from the Philippines in a first-of-a-kind provision under a free trade agreement between the two Asian countries. The quota...

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