Tokyo Says No Deal To Recruit 1 Lakh Bangladeshis Annually
What Happened
Japan has rejected claims that it agreed to accept 100,000 workers from Bangladesh every year. Foreign Press Secretary Toshihiro Kitamura said no such commitment was made, including during the October 27 Japan-Bangladesh summit. The summit did discuss workforce mobility alongside investment and economic cooperation, but its joint communiqué contained no annual quota of 100,000 Bangladeshi workers.
Key Takeaways
Bangladeshi workers can still seek jobs in Japan through existing legal programmes, but Tokyo says there is no government agreement guaranteeing 1 lakh jobs every year.