JAPAN needs around 60,000 caregivers in the next five years to address its impending manpower shortage due to its aging population, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

Picture taken on June 18, 2019 shows people walking along a street in Osaka. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

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