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JAPAN’S FIRST FOREIGN FEMALE BUS DRIVER

🚨🔥 JAPAN’S FIRST FOREIGN FEMALE BUS DRIVER

An Indonesian woman will soon drive a city bus.

Labor shortages push transport firms to hire abroad. ☝🏻

Cụ thể 👇🏻

A 26-year-old Indonesian trainee will debut in March.

She trained with a major bus company in Kawasaki.

The role falls under Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker visa.

The transport sector faces chronic driver shortages.

She passed skills and Japanese language exams.

She also obtained a large vehicle license in Japan.

The company aims for 10% foreign drivers long term 📈.

The government expanded eligible sectors to 19 fields.

The national cap reaches over 800,000 workers by 2028.

Foreign recruitment is expected to continue growing.

Do you think this model can sustain local transport services?

#japannews #foreignworkers #busdriver #tokuteiginou #laborshortage

[Source: Japanese media]

2/19 Edited to

... Read more私は地方都市に住んでいるため、バス路線の縮小や減便が生活に大きな影響を与えているのを日々感じています。日本の運輸業界は慢性的なドライバー不足に悩まされており、それを補うための外国人労働者の受け入れは非常に有効な対策だと思います。 今回紹介されているインドネシア出身の女性バス運転手の方は、特定技能ビザを取得し、日本語と運転技術の試験をクリアしています。このような厳しい基準を満たすことで安全性も担保され、地域の交通サービス維持に貢献できるというのは心強いです。 また、彼女は神奈川県で大型車両の免許を取得しており、専門技能と語学力を併せ持つことで現場での信頼を築いていると感じます。私は地元の交通機関で外国人ドライバーを見かけることが増えてきており、多様性が高まることで地域社会の理解も深まると実感しています。 これからの日本の地方交通にとって、こうした外国人女性運転手の存在が新たな道を切り開く可能性を秘めていると感じます。長期的に見れば、労働人口の減少を補うだけでなく、多文化共生の面でも良い影響をもたらすでしょう。今後も彼女たちの活躍に注目していきたいです。

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