Japan Needs Skilled Workers, Indonesia Prepares 3,000 Special Skilled Workers for Miyazaki
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers (KP2MI) has agreed on a cooperation plan to strengthen and place Indonesian migrant workers with special skills (Special Skilled Workers/SSW) in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
“We just signed a kind of forward discussion plan in preparation for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),” said the Minister of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Mukhtarudin, at the P2MI Ministry in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He made the statement after meeting with a delegation from Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, led by Governor of the Miyazaki Prefectural Government Kohno Shunji, at the KP2MI office in Jakarta on Tuesday.
In the meeting, Minister Mukhtarudin and the Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture signed plans and forward steps to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the need for SSW in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Miyazaki is the fourth prefecture whose delegation has visited the P2MI Ministry to expand cooperation on placing Indonesian migrant workers (PMI).
The number of Indonesian migrant workers in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, is currently around 2,999 people. This number is the largest compared to other sending countries from ASEAN, such as Vietnam, Singapore, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and others.
These PMI generally work in the manufacturing, construction, fisheries, plantations, livestock, caregiver, and hospitality sectors.
With the declining number of working-age people in Japan at present, the Land of the Rising Sun needs a large number of migrant workers from other countries to work in various sectors in Japan, including in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Mukhtarudin views this as an opportunity for Indonesia to quickly prepare skilled human resources who want to work abroad, especially in Japan.
Through this agreement, KP2MI plans to send around 3,000 SSW to be placed in Miyazaki Prefecture to work in various sectors, including manufacturing, hospitality, fisheries, plantations, livestock, caregiver, and others.
Meanwhile, Governor of the Miyazaki Prefectural Government Kohno Shunji added that he is pleased with the opportunity to discuss with KP2MI.
He acknowledged that Miyazaki Prefecture is experiencing depopulation, thus needing many skilled migrant workers to work in various fields in the prefecture.
Through this cooperation plan, he hopes there will be more SSW from Indonesia working in the prefecture.
“The local government of Miyazaki Prefecture certainly hopes that there will be more and more Indonesians working in our prefecture and that there will also be many companies from our prefecture that want to recruit Indonesians,” he said.