JAKARTA -- Indonesia says it plans to send 100,000 workers to Japan over the next five years, helping Tokyo ease a pressing labor shortage as the population of the world's No. 3 economy ages.
Japan immigration
Labor-rich Indonesia aims to send 100,000 workers to aging Japan
Tokyo wants ASEAN talent as staff shortage hits hotels and nursing care
Indonesia's manpower ministry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency sign a Memorandum of Cooperation on fostering support for people from the Southeast Asian nation looking to work in Japan. (Photo by Nana Shibata)
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