New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Tailored methods and help mechanisms are wanted to create new alternatives for Indian expertise in Japan, notably in sectors dealing with workforce shortages, Japanese Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono on Friday mentioned, highlighting the necessity for a extra focused and segmented method to strengthening bilateral human useful resource cooperation.
Speaking on the India-Japan Stakeholder Consultation on Skill Development: Shaping the Next Chapter of Bilateral Human Resource Cooperation right here, Ono mentioned India and Japan should deepen people-to-people exchanges to maintain mutual belief and obtain its bold goal for two-way motion of personnel between the 2 international locations.
‘To maintain and domesticate mutual belief, it’s important to foster deeper interplay between the Indian and Japanese individuals. As we additionally already noticed within the video, throughout the annual summit final yr, the 2 leaders set an bold goal – a two-way alternate of greater than 500,000 personnel over the subsequent 5 years. And this contains 50,000 expert personnel and high-potential expertise from India to Japan,’ he mentioned.
Ono burdened that reaching the goal would require a departure from a uniform method, with completely different classes of staff and professionals requiring particular help.
‘To efficiently obtain this goal, we should recognise {that a} one-size-fits-all method won’t suffice. Each expertise section requires tailor-made methods and help mechanisms,’ he mentioned.
He recognized expert personnel, industrial expertise and talent improvement as key areas for deeper cooperation between India and Japan.
During the India-Japan Annual Summit in 2025, Prime Ministers of the 2 international locations agreed on the necessity to deepen people-to-people exchanges and discover new avenues for his or her human assets to collectively create worth and deal with nationwide priorities.
Under the framework, India and Japan have set an bold goal of two-way alternate of 500,000 personnel over 5 years, together with 50,000 expert personnel and high-potential expertise from India to Japan.
Ono famous that extremely expert Indian professionals, notably IT engineers, presently represent the vast majority of Indian staff in Japan, whereas participation below the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) and Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) frameworks stays comparatively restricted.
‘These frameworks present alternatives for Indian abilities to work in Japan in lots of industries, together with nursing care, development, and agriculture, the place Japan is dealing with the labour scarcity drawback,’ he added.
Ono mentioned there are presently solely about 2,000 Indians collaborating below the 2 frameworks however expressed confidence that the quantity would enhance via joint efforts by India and Japan.
‘This quantity should and can enhance by our efforts,’ he mentioned.
Highlighting rising success tales, the Japanese envoy mentioned a number of Japanese firms and startups have begun efforts to match demand and provide between the 2 international locations, creating pathways for Indian expertise to enter Japan’s workforce.
Ono additionally underlined the position of Japanese companies in strengthening India’s skill-development ecosystem and creating an industry-ready workforce.
‘I’d additionally prefer to stress the contributions made by Japanese companies. By leveraging Japan’s strengths and experience, we are going to help in enhancing talent ranges in India and in cultivating an industry-ready workforce,’ he mentioned.
He cited the semiconductor sector as one instance of rising cooperation.
According to Ono, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) intends to ascertain a human-resources improvement programme within the semiconductor sector by utilising Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA).
He additional mentioned Japanese semiconductor firms are anticipated to ship a whole lot of technicians to Dholera in Gujarat as soon as manufacturing begins.
‘This will create a move of expert personnel between Japan and India, making a win-win end result,’ Ono mentioned.
The ambassador emphasised that India-Japan human useful resource cooperation shouldn’t be considered merely as a one-way motion of Indian staff to Japan or Japanese experience to India.
‘This is circulation, not only a one-way path from India to Japan or Japan to India. This will create a very good circulation for our two international locations,’ he mentioned.
Ono’s remarks come as India and Japan search to deepen cooperation in talent improvement, superior manufacturing and rising industries whereas addressing workforce necessities in each international locations.
The deal with tailor-made expertise methods, expanded skill-development programmes and two-way motion of execs is predicted to type an essential part of the subsequent section of India-Japan human useful resource cooperation. (ANI)