More than 25,000 jobs in Japan to be offered at job fair on Aug. 1, 2024

More than 25,000 jobs in Japan can be snapped up at a job fair at Robinsons Galleria in Quezon City on August 1, according to a 24 Oras report by Bernadette Reyes on Tuesday.

The jobs—many in the construction, hospitality, and medical fields—are offered as part of Philippine-Japan Friendship Week.

“Yung mga makikilahok dito mga licensed recruitment agencies. Inaasahan na rin na mas madali kasi andoon na mismo sila. Hindi na kailangan pumunta sa Makati, Manila or saan man. Nandoon ang recruitment agency, nandiyan na sila at one stop shop. Mga government agencies nandoon din—PhilHealth, Pagibig,” said DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac.

(The recruitment agencies that will participate are licensed. We are hoping that it will be easier because they are already there. They don’t need to go to Makati, Manila, or anywhere else. The recruitment agencies are there, and it’s a one stop shop. Government agencies are also there—PhilHealth, Pagibig.)

Applicants have also begun to head towards the DMW headquarters to submit their applications.

According to data from DMW, Filipinos are the third largest contingent of foreign workers in Japan, with more than 300,000 documented workers in the professional and skilled category.

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Endo Kazuya said OFWs would be cared for in Japan.

“Japan shares the same values and we are one with the Philippines in ensuring that OFWs obtain decent work. We mandate that all foreign workers receive [the] same wages, protection and benefits as their Japanese counterparts,” he stated. — Jiselle Anne C. Casucian/BM, GMA Integrated News