Japanese labour market for Bangladeshi workers will be opened up as Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam yesterday said trained workers would be send to Japan soon, reports BSS.

“Japan has showed interest to recruit skilled workers from Bangladesh and a MoU will be signed between Bangladesh and Japan within a few days,” the minister told a press conference at the ministry’s conference room on the eve of International Migrants Day 2017.

A permanent Japanese language training center was also inaugurated yesterday at the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Ministry.

Nurul Islam informed that some 9.73 lakh Bangladeshi workers including some 1.18 lakh female workers got employment opportunities in various countries of the world this year, which was also the highest of anytime.

He also hoped that over 10 lakh Bangladeshi workers would get employment opportunities abroad in the current year.

“We’ve been working to ensure the rights and protection of the female migrant workers following the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he added.