Minister of Labor and External Affairs Manusha Nanayakkara has requested Katsuki Kotara, Senior Diplomatic officer of the Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka, to provide employment opportunities in Japan within the next few months to thousand school dropouts who do not posses Japanese linguistic capabilities .
The Minister made this request when a group of senior Japanese diplomats met with Minister of Labor and External Affairs Manusha Nanayakkara to discuss strengthening ties between the two countries and the potential for more employment opportunities in Japan.
The Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment has requested Japan to provide employment opportunities to young people who do not have language proficiency in the future, as most employment opportunities in Japan are currently open to young people who have studied the language. Accordingly, he requested that the opportunity be given to a thousand young people who have dropped out of school to go to Japan and learn the language and get a job.
Responding positively, Katsuki Kotara, Senior Diplomat of the Embassy of Japan , said that Japan was always working to provide more employment opportunities to Sri Lanka. He said Japan was keen to provide employment opportunities for Sri Lankans, especially in the nursing sector, and that employment opportunities in this sector were growing as Japan’s aging population increased.
