PH-Japan Friendship Week celebrated; 25-K jobs up for grabs for Filipinos who want to work in Japan

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00:00Filipino workers are on high demand internationally because they aim to please and satisfy and almost always get the

00:08J-o-b-d-o-n-e and no less than the hard-working Japanese with their gung-ho culture can attest to such

00:16Assertion hence on the occasion of friendship week between the two at least

00:2125,000 paying jobs in the land of the Sakura are up for grabs as our Soojin Kim reports

00:2825,000 job opportunities for Filipinos aspiring to work in Japan are up for grabs

00:34This in time for the 68th anniversary of bilateral relations between the Philippines and Japan

00:40rooted in shared values of mutual respect

00:44cooperation and commitment to fostering safe and orderly migration for our OFWs

00:49The DMW together with the Embassy of Japan is leading the celebration of the Philippine Japan friendship week in their central office

00:57in Mandaluyong starting today. This is the very first time for the Department of Violent Workers and

01:05the Embassy of Japan to collaborate on hosting a

01:09friendship week celebration for the Philippines and Japan. On Thursday, August 1, the DMW is

01:15arranging a job fair at Robinson's Galleria in Ortigas, Quezon City as part of the celebration where 15 licensed

01:23Agencies will be ready to assist from 10 a.m. To 4 p.m

01:26Japan has been one of the key labor markets in the Asia-Pacific region. It is estimated that there are more than

01:33300,000 documented Filipino workers in the professional and skilled categories

01:38mostly in the fields of engineering

01:41software development

01:42language teaching

01:44interpreters

01:45translators and nursing care

01:47Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos have called Japan their second home and I can truly say that they have

01:55contributed greatly and positively

01:57to where our country's relationship stands today. Primary sectors employing Filipino workers include construction

02:05medicine and health care, hotel and restaurant, and customer service. The same goes with Filipinos interested to work as jewelry designers,

02:13cooks, entertainers, professional athletes, and tech specialists. During the job fair, stories of

02:19hard-working and high-spirited

02:21OFWs in Japan will be featured by way of film showing and hybrid greeting sessions. The DMW and the Japanese Embassy

02:28aim to provide Filipinos access to legitimate recruiters or headhunters. Secretary Kakdak

02:34also stated that participants can receive free Nupongo or Japanese language lessons.

02:39He thanked the Japanese government for their continued support in helping Filipinos work and live peacefully in Japan.

02:46We are grateful to the Japanese government on the increase of number of new acceptances as our migrant workers offices

02:54unnoted an increase in job orders for the TITP and SSW programs.

02:59Kakdak shared one of the reasons why Japanese employers warmly welcome Filipinos.

03:04We are not surprised as compared to other foreign workers.

03:09Filipino workers are described by employers as Majime,

03:13Yasahi, and Genki.

03:17Hard-working, kind, and energetic and cheerful. In fact, even during the height of Super Typhoon Karina,

03:24500 Filipinos still interviewed for jobs in Japan.

03:28Sujin Kim from the National TV Network for the New and Better Philippines.