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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...

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Published in:Asian Studies Review Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 597 - 617
Main Author: Otomo, Ruriko
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2022
Subjects:
Free trade
Treaties
Foreign language education
Language policy
Japan
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