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...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...
...humanitarian grounds and out of concern that they would turn the extremists into heroes; already other militants have called the bombers "holy warriors." "The possibility of martyrdom is a highly contested idea but only the fringe groups will see their deaths as mati syahid," explains Masdar Hilmy, using the Indonesian term for martyrdom...
Many relatives of the 88 Australians killed in the bombings expressed relief and a sense of closure after the executions. Meanwhile, some Indonesian survivors are still waiting for government assistance to aid their recovery. Chusnul Khotimah, who was severely burned in the attacks, said she was "satisfied and thankful" for the bombers' deaths but asked the government for help. "I have received nothing from the government since the bombings," Khotimah told reporters. "I would like help finding a job because I have not worked since the attacks...