The Discourse of Self-learning: An Analysis of Japan's EPA Programme for Healthcare Workers from Southeast Asia.
Japan signed Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam in 2008, 2009 and 2014 respectively, each of which includes a scheme that encourages the movement of healthcare workers into Japan. This scheme has remained a subject of intense scrutiny as a model of con...
| Publicado en: | Asian Studies Review Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 597 - 617 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2022
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