Asia Insight · SEASON 9
Japan and the Philippines: Specified Skilled Worker System Year One
Episode 9 · 2020-03-27
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
In April of 2019, Japan introduced a new visa status, the Specified Skilled Worker, intended to encourage foreign laborers to boost Japan's dwindling workforce. In theory, the system appears to be a fine proposal both for young Filipinos eager to send money home, and Japanese industries hoping for new workers. In practice, however, bureaucratic complications between the 2 nations mean that making use of the system isn't as easy as it should be.
28 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Fighting for Marriage Equality: Taiwan2020-01-10
2. The Twilight of Chinese Coal2020-01-17
3. Leaving It All Behind - Thailand2020-01-24
4. Taiwan's Battle with Fake News2020-01-31
5. Returning from ISIL: Kazakhstan2020-02-14
6. Living Among the Two Koreas2020-02-21
7. A Second Chance in Bangkok's Slums2020-03-06
8. A Mixed Blessing: A World Heritage City in Uzbekistan2020-03-20
9. Japan and the Philippines: Specified Skilled Worker System Year One2020-03-27
10. Beijing's Room of Rage2020-04-10
11. South Korea's Elderly Box Foragers2020-04-24
12. Documenting Home: Myanmar2020-05-08
13. Businesses Struggling with COVID-19 in Shenzhen2020-05-29
14. Coronavirus Crisis: Answering the Call - Thai Monks on the Frontline2020-06-05
15. Sketching a Better Myanmar through Satire2020-06-12
16. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Poverty2020-07-03
17. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Business2020-07-10
18. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Culture2020-07-17
19. North Borneo's Isolated Stateless2020-07-24
20. Protecting the Elderly from COVID-19: South Korea2020-07-31
21. Guangzhou's Apparel Industry Facing COVID-192020-08-07
22. Wuhan: An App to Survive Post-Corona2020-08-21
23. Vietnam: A Mega-Hospital in Lockdown2020-08-28
24. Deliveries Among COVID-19 in South Korea2020-09-04
25. Making Art from a Pandemic: Wuhan, China2020-09-25
26. Dreaming of a Medal: Mongolia2020-10-09
27. Thailand's Struggling Inbound Tourism2020-10-16
28. The "Made in Hong Kong" Dilemma2020-10-30
29. Spreading Kindness: Online Barter in the Philippines2020-11-13
30. Echoes of Musical Tradition: Mongolia2020-11-27
31. The Unsung Heroes Fighting the Coronavirus: Thailand2020-12-18
32. Entrepreneurs of the Massive Housing Complex: Guizhou, China2020-12-25
