Japan’s foreign caregivers face exam hurdle as grace period ends

With industry's labor crunch worsening, government looks to create learning app Foreign nationals accounted for nearly 60% of the roughly 8,000 students who entered Japan's caregiver training schools in fiscal 2025. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura) TOKYO — Japan plans to bolster support for foreigners seeking care worker certification by devising a test-preparation app, as a pass rate in the low 30% range for a national exam and the approaching end of a grace period spell trouble for an already labor-starved sector.

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