Indonesia to more than double Japan-bound workers: labor minister

Japan should consider recognizing Indonesian qualifications, Ida Fauziyah says

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Indonesians are coming to Japan to improve their skills, labor minister Ida Fauziyah said. (Photo by Tokuyuki Matsubuchi)

EUGENE LANG, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Indonesia has raised its target for sending workers to Japan to 250,000 over the next five years from 100,000, its labor minister said, partly in response to the expansion of Japan's "specified skilled worker" visa program.

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