The transnational mobility of nurses and care-giving workers has been increasing
all around the world. Japan also began to accept Indonesian and Filipino
nurses and care workers in its labor market in 2008-09, and might accept
Vietnamese and Indian care workers in the near future in accordance with
Japan's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with its neighboring Asian
countries. However, this new G-G project has not yet successful in accommodating
those new-comers in countries of linguistic homogeneity. Such border-crossing
care is a challenging issue not only in Japanese society but also in other
aging societies.
Our research intends to explore a Japanese model for accepting foreign
care workers and mutually beneficial schemes by studying the policies and
systems adopted by the public and private sectors in other Asian and Western
countries that have already received a number of foreign nurses and care
workers.
