Skilled Myanmar workers to be allowed up to five-year work in Japan

Skilled Myanmar workers to be allowed up to five-year work in Japan
Published 1 August 2019
Shine Lin Aung

Under a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) between Myanmar and Japan signed on March 28 this year, skilled Myanmar workers will be allowed to stay in Japan for five years to work for 14 sectors. 

The businesses they have to work are related to healthcare workers, building, cleaning and management, machines and parts, industrial equipment, electricity supply, electronics and information, construction, ship-building and machinery, car servicing and maintenance, aviation, hotel service, agriculture, fishery, livestock breeding, food and beverage and food service. 

Those who have completed work proficiency courses conducted by related departments from Japan, passed Japanese language tests and completed technical worker course level 2 will be permitted to work in Japan as skilled workers.  

Skilled workers for hotel service industry will be invited first. Japanese officials will come to Myanmar to conduct exams for them in October this year. 

Both countries have agreed on prescribed standards for overseas employment agencies. Those employment agencies that have registered at the Labour Department need to follow the  prescribed rules and standards in sending skilled workers to Japan.