A work standard for Filipino nurses and caregivers in Japan and the raising of tariff quotas for chicken and other agricultural items will be among the issues that the Philippines will raise when it reviews its bilateral...

The local automotive industry has asked the government to remind Japan of its commitment to bring in fresh investments into the Philippines under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement. “One of the commitments of Japan under the agreement...

The Japanese government has agreed to review the process of accepting Filipino nurses in its hospitals under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), President Aquino said Tuesday night. The President had a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister...

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said that Japan is in need of 500 nurses from the Philippines. The proposed deployment is under the current Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Successful nurses will initially work as assistants...

Sixty Filipino caregivers on Friday completed a pretraining course in Japanese ahead of their departure for Japan later this month under the Japan-Philippines economic partnership agreement. Masamichi Furuya of the Japan Foundation, who supervised the three-month-long period...

Thirty-two-year-old Filipino nurse Mary Claire Autor is looking forward to train and work in Japan by the end of May. Under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, Mary Claire and 80 other Filipino nurses have the opportunity to...

Despite a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan this month and the ensuing nuclear accident, a third batch of over 80 Filipino nurses are scheduled to go there on May 30 for a language training in...

After the first two batches of Filipino nurses and caregivers who have applied for jobs in Japan in the last two years registered very low passing rates, the Japanese government has decided to revise the qualifying exams...

The Philippines will be asking for the relaxation of some of the entry requirements of Filipino nurses to Japan during the renegotiation of the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) scheduled this year. Under the current JPEPA rules,...

Vice President Jejomar Binay Monday appealed to the Japanese government to help further enhance the training of Filipino nurses and caregivers mulling to work in Japan under the Japan–Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Japanese Ambassador Makato Katsura...