{"id":102138,"date":"2025-05-06T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=102138"},"modified":"2025-05-06T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:41:28","slug":"japan-yes-more-skilled-workers-from-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japan-yes-more-skilled-workers-from-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"Japan eyes more skilled workers from Pakistan amid growing demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Japan is looking to expand the intake of skilled workers from Pakistan across multiple sectors, as highlighted during the Pakistan-Japan Human Resources Stakeholders Meeting hosted by Ambassador Akamatsu Shuichi at his residence in Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event brought together around 70 representatives from key Pakistani and Japanese institutions, including government ministries, human resource development organizations, private sector stakeholders, and international cooperation agencies. The discussions focused on strengthening collaboration for the deployment of skilled Pakistani professionals to Japan in fields such as IT, healthcare, construction, agriculture, and manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/belarus-to-welcome-150000-skilled-pakistanis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Belarus to welcome 150,000 skilled Pakistanis under new bilateral accord<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Akamatsu underlined the rising recognition of Pakistani professionals in Japan, calling them a vital pillar of bilateral relations. \u201cThe demand for skilled Pakistani professionals is expanding, and their success in Japan is contributing significantly to the strengthening of Japan-Pakistan ties,\u201d he stated. He also highlighted Japan\u2019s continued commitment to supporting human resource development and praised the ongoing contributions of Pakistani workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Chaudhry Salik Hussain emphasized enhancing cooperation to create more job opportunities for Pakistanis in Japan. He praised the partnership between the Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) and PlusW, especially its expansion under the Specified Skilled Workers (SSW) program, now covering additional sectors beyond IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Shaza Fatima shared that 15 Pakistani tech companies secured over $600,000 in contracts during the Japan IT Week in Tokyo held in April 2025. She advocated for more promotional roadshows and proposed integrating IT and telecom fields into Japan\u2019s Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/government-announces-loans-for-start-ups-skilled-education-scholarships.html\">Government announces easy loans for start-ups, skilled education scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key stakeholders, including representatives from JICA, JETRO, PlusW, Japan Station, and the Japan Pakistan Innovation Institute (JPII), contributed insights on strengthening demand-supply linkages and building structured deployment channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting concluded with a reaffirmed commitment to long-term workforce collaboration, sustainable human capital development, and stronger people-to-people ties between Pakistan and Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Japan is looking to expand the intake of skilled workers from Pakistan across multiple sectors, as highlighted during the Pakistan-Japan Human Resources Stakeholders Meeting hosted by Ambassador Akamatsu Shuichi at his residence in Islamabad. The event brought together around 70 representatives from key Pakistani and Japanese institutions, including government ministries, human resource development organizations, private sector stakeholders, and international cooperation agencies. The discussions focused on strengthening collaboration for the deployment of skilled Pakistani professionals to Japan in fields such as IT, healthcare, construction, agriculture, and manufacturing. Read: Belarus to welcome 150,000 skilled Pakistanis under new bilateral accord Ambassador Akamatsu underlined the rising recognition of Pakistani professionals in Japan, calling them a vital pillar of bilateral relations. \u201cThe demand for skilled Pakistani professionals is expanding, and their success in Japan is contributing significantly to the strengthening of Japan-Pakistan ties,\u201d he stated. He also highlighted Japan\u2019s continued commitment to supporting human resource development and praised the ongoing contributions of Pakistani workers. Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Chaudhry Salik Hussain emphasized enhancing cooperation to create more job opportunities for Pakistanis in Japan. He praised the partnership between the Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) and PlusW, especially its expansion under the Specified Skilled Workers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":77955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[64435,64425,64429,61358,64433,64423,51093,64432,64428,53490,64431,63784,64426,64427,4579,64430,64424,64434],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-cross-border-talent","9":"tag-human-resource-development","10":"tag-international-cooperation","11":"tag-it-exports","12":"tag-japan-it-week","13":"tag-japan-labour-market","14":"tag-japan-pakistan-relations","15":"tag-jds-program","16":"tag-jetro","17":"tag-jica","18":"tag-oec-pakistan","19":"tag-overseas-employment","20":"tag-pakistani-professionals","21":"tag-plusw","22":"tag-remittances","23":"tag-skilled-workforce","24":"tag-ssw-program","25":"tag-workforce-mobility","26":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japan yes more skilled workers from Pakistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The demand for skilled Pakistani professionals is expanding, and their success in Japan is contributing significantly...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japan-yes-more-skilled-workers-from-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japan yes more skilled workers from Pakistan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The demand for skilled Pakistani professionals is expanding, and their success in Japan is contributing significantly...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japan-yes-more-skilled-workers-from-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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