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First nurses arrive from Indonesia

By SHINICHI TERADA Staff writer of The Japan Times Online (www.japantimes.co.jp) Tri Yulianti, 23-year-old Indonesian, has worked as a nurse in Jakarta for two years and hopes to start caring for Japan’s elderly early next year. She is one of…

Indonesian nurses in Japan under free trade pact

Japan accepted more than 200 Indonesian nurses into the country on Thursday, an unprecedented move as Tokyo struggles to quell a labor shortage triggered by sinking fertility rates. The arrival of 205 Indonesians, an exception allowed under a bilateral economic…

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