Have you ever hired someone to clean your house?
Three Kyodo News reporters – Toma Mochizuki, Eduardo Martniezand Su Xincheng – talk about Japan’s plans to introduce national qualifications for housework services to address the problem of people quitting caregiving jobs. Listen as Toma and Ed ask Su, who wrote the article, what challenges exist in the industry and who would benefit from the implementation of said services.
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