Japan will accept 400 nurses and 600 caregivers from the Philippines under the bilateral free-trade agreement signed over the weekend, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday.
Tokyo gave the numbers to Manila, which accepted them, ministry officials said.
"These are realistic and appropriate numbers that will not have any negative effects on the domestic labor market," Tetsuo Tsuji, vice labor minister, told a news conference.
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