Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan Shahabuddin Ahmed has urged Japan's manpower recruiting companies and agencies to recruit more skilled workers from Bangladesh.

He made the call while speaking at a seminar on Human Resources of Bangladesh held in Tokyo on Monday, reports Daily Sun.

Ambassador Shahabuddin Ahmed in his welcome speech thanked the Japan Government for elevating the diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Japan to “Strategic Partnership”.

He also mentioned that along with diversified economic sectors’ cooperation, now is the time to focus on the Human Resources as Bangladesh has a huge pool of skilled manpower that can be sent for overseas employment while Japan has a growing demand of foreign workers.

Nearly 300 participants from Japanese companies and manpower recruiting organisations, and the sending organisations of Bangladesh were present at the event.

Senior Vice President of JITCO Ambassador Shigeo Matsutomialso made a presentation on ‘Global Labor Market and Diversification of Foreign Human Resources’.

Later some success stories of Bangladeshi workers in Japan were screened before the audience. Three Japanese guests shared their positive experience about Bangladeshi workers.

It is expected by both sides that some agreements between them will be signed as an outcome of this matching event, and it will be a milestone in expanding Bangladeshi labour market in Japan.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul