Foreign Care-workers and Newly Expanded Acceptance Policies

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  • 外国人介護人材受け入れの動向
  • 外国人介護人材受け入れの動向 : 拡大・分化する制度のもとで
  • ガイコクジンカイゴジンザイ ウケイレ ノ ドウコウ : カクダイ ・ ブンカ スル セイド ノ モト デ
  • ～拡大・分化する制度のもとで

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This study builds upon a previous Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Collaboration (IASRC) research project on foreign care workers (FY2014-16). At the time of the previous project, Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with a few countries were the only mechanism that allowed acceptance of foreign care workers in Japan. However, three new mechanisms have since been established for this purpose. The latest project aims to understand the responses of local governments and businesses to this rapid policy shift and analyze the challenges and opportunities for the acceptance of such workers in Akita Prefecture. This article provides an overview of the shifting policy landscape and discusses the findings of onsite interviews conducted at a facility in Akita that has become the second in the prefecture to accept foreign care workers through EPAs.

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