Nurses to Japan...

Out of 92 nurses that were sent to Japan under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) program, only one Filipino nurse passed the Japanese nurse licensure examination, this was due to the failure of the other Filipino nurses to thoroughly learn the Japanese native language... The Japanese nurse licensure examination is given entirely in Nihongo.

Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have met, to discuss ways to help Filipino nurses, pass the JNLE...

Now, JPEPA is giving Filipino nurses, three chances to take and pass Japan’s nurse licensure examination.

Japan is currently looking to hire Filipino nurses to attend to its aging population, where nursing shortage is nearly unavoidable...