Word: indonesianness
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...Indonesian peatland fires in 1997 resulted in the release of 80 to 250 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere, according to a study of those fires in the journal Nature...
...Japan Paradigm As a kid growing up on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Alimansyar knew Japan stood for one thing: really hip stuff. His parents' generation might have looked askance at the historic aggressor, given its wartime record in East Asia. But for Alimansyar and other younger Indonesians, Japan represents a nation that transformed itself in record time from vanquished pauper to cutting-edge innovator. Today, Alimansyar teaches Japanese at the University of North Sumatra, and the school's rapidly growing Japanese-language program is filled with 500 students who are often lured by Japanese cars, electronics and anim...
...been living here for most of last century. According to a 2006 survey by the Women's Association for the Better Aging Society, nearly 60% of elderly patients prefer to be cared by Japanese caregivers. Even Nakayama, who is looking forward to welcoming his new staff, says, that "kerchiefed Indonesian women will stand out" in his rural area. Police in Aomori visited his facilities after they heard Nakayama would be employing non-Japanese workers. "Most foreigner labor in Japan has been in the manufacturing. Now they'll be more visible," says Wako Asato, associate professor of sociology at Kyoto University...
...Help may be on the way. The troubled industry got a small boost in August, when 204 Indonesian professionals - mostly experienced nurses - arrived to work at over 100 Japanese care centers and hospitals as part of a new economic agreement between Japan and Indonesia. The program plans to bring about 800 more Indonesian caregivers to Japan over the next two years - an unprecedented move in a country that has never allowed foreign labor in this large sector before. "The question is whether the labor shortage can be solved by Japanese hands alone," says Yuko Hirano, associate professor of health sociology...
...Indonesian workers who have already arrived are now studying Japanese in six-month intensive language courses at training centers throughout the country, paid for by the government and their future employers. They are set to begin work in February, but workers who want to stay in the country longer term have to pass a national examination - in Japanese - which only 48.2% of Japanese pass yearly...