Introduction 

Japan’s care operators are increasingly looking beyond their traditional Southeast Asian sourcing markets, and India is emerging as a new focus. NNA reported on how BorderPlus is building out partnerships with Japanese care providers as part of its push into the country’s Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) caregiver pathway. 

Building the Corridor 

BorderPlus has structured its Japan entry the same way it approached Germany: partnering directly with employers rather than working through fragmented local agents. The company has entered partnerships with Japanese care organisations and plans to add several more as its caregiver programme scales, training candidates in Japanese language, caregiving skills, and workplace culture before they depart India. You can read more on BorderPlus’s expansion into Indo-Japan and GCC placement corridors as this network grows. 

Why Japan, Why Now 

Japanese care homes are facing a shortage that domestic recruitment and training alone cannot resolve, and government pathways like the SSW visa were built specifically to bring in foreign-trained workers. For BorderPlus, that structural gap plays directly into the model it has already proven in Germany: unlike disconnected staffing agencies, it can offer employers a single, ready-trained pipeline that includes language, cultural preparation, and post-arrival support, delivered through its growing Japan programme. 

Impact 

For Japanese care operators, the partnership model offers a more predictable alternative to sourcing individual workers through scattered intermediaries. For Indian candidates, it opens a second major international care pathway alongside nursing in Germany and the GCC, widening the routes available to workers who may not hold a nursing degree but are ready to build a caregiving career abroad.