Japan to take 340,000 skilled workers from Pakistan in next 5 years

[beijingwalker]

I am not sure as I cant read either! I found the information on this website:

Why New Specified Skills Visa 特定 技能(Tokusei ginou) is made
From April 2019, Japan will add a new type of resident status for foreigners called 「特定 技能」 (と く て い ぎ の う, temporary translation: special skills). With the new type of special skill visa (特定 技能), foreign workers will be officially allowed to work in industries that was not allowed (or allow very limited). the reception of foreign workers such as construction, shipbuilding, cleaning, ..

However, because this new visa has many similarities, it is different from the two types of visas for current trainees and engineers, so many people seem quite confused. In the following article, Job-tenashi would like to summarize briefly the characteristics of this visa before making a specific comparison with other visa types so that people have a more specific and general view of New Specified Skills Visa.

What is New Specified Skills Visa (Tokutei ginou) Visa?
To solve labor shortage is getting serious problem, in June 2018, the Japanese Government officially passed a new law allowing Japanese enterprises to receive foreign workers in the form of a new visa called Specified Skills Visa ( 特定 機能). Compared to the current work visa (技術 ・ 人文 知識 ・ 国際 業務), the scope of the business is allowed to be wider with the Specified skill Visa and the qualifications are much more flexible.

Visa 特定 技能 is divided into 2 categories: Specified skill Visa No. 1 (特定 機能 １ 号) and Specified skill Visa No. 2 (特定 機能 ２ 号). The professions that are allowed to receive as well as the conditions for applying for and benefits of these two types of visas are also very different.

Special skill Visa type 1 (特定 技能 １ 号) accepted Industries:

• ① Construction (建設 業)
• ② Shipbuilding and maritime industry (造船 ・ 舶 用 工業)
• Oto Car maintenance and repair industry (自動 車 整 備 業)
• ④ Aviation industry (航空 業)
• ⑤ Hotel industry (宿 泊 業)
• ⑥ Career-give Industry (介 護)
• ⑦ Cleaning buildings (ビ ル ク リ ー ニ ン グ)
• ⑧ Agriculture industry (農業)
• ⑨ Fishery industry (漁業)
• ⑩ Food and beverage manufacturing industry (飲食 料 品 製造業)
• Business Restaurant business (外 食 業)
• ⑫ Material processing industry (素 形 材 産業)
• ⑬ Industrial machinery (産業 機械 製造業)
• ⑭ Electric – electronic industry (電 気 電子 情報 関 連 産業)

Note:

• This visa is not allowed to pick up spouses, children, parents or siblings.
• In order to obtain for Specified skill Visa, you only need to meet two conditions below:
  • Having Japanese language ability at normal conversation level, enough for living.
  • Take the test of knowledge and experience prescribed

http://www.job-tenashi.jp/new-specified-skills-visa-tokutei-ginou-visa/


I also found this PDF file FROM THEIR MINISTRY WEBSITE for those interested:

https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000459527.pdf

Never thought Chinese and Japanese writings were this close, I can read most of them, over 90%.

 

[Ritual]

Interesting if true, I thought Japan prioritised South-East Asian immigrants due to closer cultural links.

 

[American Pakistani]

Good for Pakistani citizens.

Bad for state of Pakistan (brain drain)

They can get experience, make some money and then invest in Pakistan.

In Pakistan anyways for now they will be doing odd jobs.

 

[xyxmt]

Good for Pakistani citizens.

Bad for state of Pakistan (brain drain)

brain drain is still better than brain not utilized
with brain drain at least you get money for the brain being wasted in Pakistan.

 

[Dubious]

Interesting if true, I thought Japan prioritised South-East Asian immigrants due to closer cultural links.

Shortage of labour ...read the article

 

[VCheng]

Interesting if true, I thought Japan prioritised South-East Asian immigrants due to closer cultural links.

Pakistan will not get all those jobs as the title is misleading. Japan needs a total of 340,000 workers and Pakistan is only the tenth country to be allowed to compete for those by language and technical tests, and an appropriate CV. It sure won't be easy, that is what it looks like to me.

 

[cloud4000]

This is what happens when a country faces a demographic crisis: import workers to support the welfare of an increasing aging population. Japan is not the only country facing this problem.

 

[Syed1.]

This is what happens when a country faces a demographic crisis: import workers to support the welfare of an increasing aging population. Japan is not the only country facing this problem.

Oldies aren't dying and youngsters are having fewer and fewer children, it is a problem faced by most developed countries to varying degrees.

 

[jupiter2007]

Good for Pakistani citizens.

Bad for state of Pakistan (brain drain)

Why? Can you apply the same logic to India, China or any other country?

In order to create skill workers, you have to convert them from unskilled to skilled workers, and for that government has to invest in technical institutions\vocational programs. As long as government keep injecting money in to these kind of programs, we will have no shortage of quality skill workers.

Oldies aren't dying and youngsters are having fewer and fewer children, it is a problem faced by most developed countries to varying degrees.

it’s not going to happen to Pakistan. Our burger class is less than 3%, rest don’t care about family planning.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

That is great, but does

Not really. Your overlooking that 340,000 Pakistani's will lose privilages/protections provided by Objectives Resolution. So this is how far things have come? For sake of $$$ our people are prepared to abandon Objectives Resolution and sovereignty of Allah.

Sad !

 

[Nilgiri]

Not really. Your overlooking that 340,000 Pakistani's will lose privilages/protections provided by Objectives Resolution. So this is how far things have come? For sake of $$$ our people are prepared to abandon Objectives Resolution and sovereignty of Allah.

Sad !

It seems that 340,000 refers to the total number from all provider countries, we will have to see how many come from Pakistan in the end:

“Japan launched its new so-called ‘Specified Skill Visa’ (tokutei ginou, 特定技能) immigration policy on 1st April 2019. According to this new law, Japan will accept a large number of foreign workers. As an estimate, *345,150 international workers will be able to move to Japan to serve its labor market. This scheme was initially announced for 9 countries Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, Cambodia, and China. However, Japan is (likely) going to make Pakistan 10th country in this list for labor import”.

 

[BL33D]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...000-foreign-workers-five-years-amid-employee/

Okay. Its 3,40,000 foreign workers and not just from Pakistan. @Dubious Change the title.
I checked with a lot of sites, and almost all of them say foreign workers and not any specific country. Also, the number is too much for just one country as Japanese immigration is still pretty strict despite the opening up.

 

[shah_123]

Japan to take, Qatar to take --- what will poor Pakistan do?

 

[Wikki019]

Those were 80's when we had a bit of patriotism left in our blood.

Ask the youth around you if they would come back to the country after polishing their skills and earning abroad (if they had a chance)? You'd be having a hard time getting a positive answer.

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Those who wish to migrate/stay abroad can go as they please, no hard feelings.

even if one in 100 returns it will benifit, and youth around me knows that at the end we have to go to Pakistan there are very little choices left.

 

[VCheng]

Not really. Your overlooking that 340,000 Pakistani's will lose privilages/protections provided by Objectives Resolution. So this is how far things have come? For sake of $$$ our people are prepared to abandon Objectives Resolution and sovereignty of Allah.

Sad !

Incorrect. The OR declares itself applicable over the entire universe.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...000-foreign-workers-five-years-amid-employee/

Okay. Its 3,40,000 foreign workers and not just from Pakistan. @Dubious Change the title.
I checked with a lot of sites, and almost all of them say foreign workers and not any specific country. Also, the number is too much for just one country as Japanese immigration is still pretty strict despite the opening up.

Already pointed out, but the title is what the news story said, so it is according to PDF rules. But it is wrong.