UP to 360 Japanese companies will recruit over 1,400 Myanmar workers, according to a statement on demand letters released by the Myanmar Embassy to Japan.
The embassy has carried out timely verifications of demand letters received from the Ministry of Labour via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it said.
It verifies whether labour supervisory companies and factories or companies which offer jobs in Japan are officially established or not, and resubmits its findings and remarks to the Ministry of Labour through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It is about 362 demand letters that the embassy submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after verification until 26 March 2025. According to it, 220 Myanmar male workers and up to 1,100 Myanmar female workers would be employed by up to 360 Japanese companies.
The statement issued on 15 June said over 400 Japanese companies would provide jobs for 250 Myanmar male workers and up to 1,300 Myanmar female workers, totalling up to 1,500. — MT/ZS
