Overseas workers in April took the first-ever exam for the newly introduced Specified Skilled Worker visa category.
One of them — aspiring hotel worker Magil Farah Piastro, a Filipino woman who took the written and practical exam in Nagoya — said, “I want to work at reception someday.” The 28-year-old received a letter of acceptance for a position at a hotel in late May.
Born and raised in the southern Philippine city of Davao, Piastro decided to come to Japan after seeing a pamphlet about studying and working here.