Indonesian Deputy Minister Sets Goal of Sending 100,000 Workers to Japan Annually, Plans University Job-Support Task Force
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Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Stella Christie, announced a goal of sending 100,000 Indonesian workers to Japan annually. According to the Jakarta Shimbun and Indonesian domestic media, the deputy minister said Japan had offered roughly 100,000 job opportunities to Indonesians and that a new task force coordinating university career-support organizations nationwide would be established to develop the necessary workforce.
The announcement follows a series of expanding targets from the Indonesian government for sending workers to Japan, including an earlier goal set by the labor minister of sending 250,000 workers to Japan over the next five years.
Current status: The specific program design, the substance of any agreement with the Japanese side, and which visa categories would be involved remain unclear as of this writing. This article will be updated as further details emerge.
Editorial Perspective
The Technical Intern Training Program is set to be replaced by the new Employment for Skill Development system in April 2027 (related article), and developments like this one can be seen as part of the institutional design process during that transition. Expanding acceptance also requires resolving practical issues such as broker problems in sending countries and building proper oversight systems among accepting employers. For the new system to work as intended rather than merely on paper, it will be important to continue examining how it actually operates once implemented.