Indonesia has set out a policy to increase the number of people working in Japan to 600,000 and strengthen the placement of workers in Japan, centered on the Specified Skilled Worker program. It will also expand Japanese-language education in Indonesia.
Indonesia has set a target of increasing the total number of its citizens working in Japan from more than 220,000 currently to 600,000, with a policy of aiming to become the leading source country for foreign workers in Japan.
The target was disclosed by Indonesian Deputy Minister of Manpower Afriansyah Noor in an interview with Nikkei during his visit to Japan in July. Expanding the acceptance of workers, particularly under the Specified Skilled Worker program, will be central to the policy. Expanding Japanese-language education in Indonesia is also positioned as one of the measures for achieving it.