Japanese officials visit Capitol

• Source: http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2015/06/08/1463552/japanese-officials-visit-capitol
• Monday, June 8, 2015 12:00 am

By Liv G. Campo/FPL (The Freeman)

CEBU, Philippines- Officials from Saitama Prefecture in Japan recently visited Cebu and proposed partnership with the provincial government which could open doors to skilled Cebuanos who want to try their luck abroad.

The visiting Japanese officials led by Koike Yoko, managing director of Saitama’s international relations, met with Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III at the Capitol.

Yoko said that at present they need workers in the caregiving industry. Also present during the meeting with Davide were nursing graduates from different colleges and universities in Cebu who are currently employed in call centers, insurance companies and other industries not related to their course.

Davide said, in a statement released by the Provincial Information Office, this tie up “opened up possibilities of the nurses to land a better job abroad than what they have at present.”

Jonathan Capanas, dean of the University of San Jose-Recoletos, said these nursing graduates could fit well in the caregiving industry as nurses are trained to provide medical care to people of all ages.

USJ-R being currently implementing the Monozykuri project was among those invited to the meeting with the delegates from Japan.

The Monozukuri project is a pioneering project carved out of Saitama-Cebu partnership, where Filipino engineering students are taught of Japanese philosophy which they can later apply here.

Yoko said that they were here to know if the Filipinos are interested to work in Japan and what are their expectations of the country.