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Tighter policies on the recruitment of Filipina entertainers in Japan, popularly called "Japayukis," has brought untold suffering to many of the country’s nightclubs, bars and entertainment venues which have now run out of business due to the scarcity of the so-called Japayukis.


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"The market is there and we are not going to lose it," Undersecretary for Employment Danilo Cruz said in reaction to latest official figures showing a 38-percent drop in the deployment of overseas performing artists (OPAs) in Japan in recent months.


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                    [Summary] => The Philippine government has suspended regulations restricting Japanese promoters from hiring Filipino entertainers in an apparent bid to promote the deployment of overseas performing artists (OPAs).


Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon has reportedly ordered labor officials to suspend the verification and authentication processes of the work contracts of OPAs, a local recruitment agency revealed yesterday.


The Philippine Association of Recruitment Agencies Deploying Artists (PARADA) said Siazon supposedly gave the order upon the request of Tokyo’s foreign ministry.

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The Japanese government, Romulo said, did not formulate the new policy to reduce the number of Filipino workers employed in Japan, primarily as entertainers.


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The Japanese government, Romulo said, did not formulate the new policy to reduce the number of Filipino workers employed in Japan, primarily as entertainers.


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Pinay entertainers

June 12, 2014 - 12:00am

Did you know that Pinay entertainers, like singers and dancers, in Thailand are receiving better pay than their counterparts from other Southeast Asian countries?

Freeman Opinion

Our Filipino women in Fukuoka

By Cherry Piquero Ballescas | November 5, 2009 - 12:00am

A deep red setting sun met us as we entered Fukuoka last Saturday. An almost full moon had already risen as well at the other side.

Freeman Opinion

Cebuano entertainers in Hong Kong

By Nathalie Tomada | April 16, 2007 - 12:00am

Our love for music is carried all over the world not just through the likes of international artist Lea Salonga, but also through Filipinos who are working abroad as entertainers.

Freeman Cebu Entertainment

Drop in ‘Japayuki’ deployment hurting Japanese businesses

By Mayen Jaymalin | August 10, 2006 - 12:00am

Tighter policies on the recruitment of Filipina entertainers in Japan, popularly called "Japayukis," has brought untold suffering to many of the country’s nightclubs, bars and entertainment...

News Commentary

DOLE downplays drop in Japan’s hiring of entertainers

August 31, 2005 - 12:00am

The slump in the hiring of Filipino entertainers in Japan is just temporary with the Philippines soon to recapture the market, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) maintained yesterday. "The market...

Headlines

RP eases policy on Japanese promoters

By Mayen Jaymalin | April 28, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippine government has suspended regulations restricting Japanese promoters from hiring Filipino entertainers in an apparent bid to promote the deployment of overseas performing artists (OPAs). Ambassador...

Headlines

Kabuhayan ng mga entertainers sa Japan, dumilim

By Butch M. Quejada | March 29, 2005 - 12:00am

SINALAKAY noong isang linggo ng mga Japanese Immigration ang halos lahat ng mga omesi sa Japan kaya sangkaterbang Pinay entertainers ang nawalan ng hotraba kasi sinarado ang mga club na pinapasukan nila. Kaya ang...

PSN Opinyon

Romulo back from Tokyo empty-handed

By Sandy Araneta | February 6, 2005 - 12:00am

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo returned from Japan empty-handed yesterday, even while assuring Filipinos that the Japanese government’s stricter immigration policy is meant to stop illegal recruitment...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Reinvention

December 20, 2004 - 12:00am

Former and prospective "Japayukis" have been taking to the streets in the past days, protesting a Japanese government decision to restrict the entry of foreign entertainers. The plan covers all foreign...

Opinion

Making sure the girls know what they’re doing

By BY THE WAY | By Max V. Soliven | December 20, 2004 - 12:00am

In contrast to a sombre week of non-stop shocks and tragedy, it was a happy experience for me to meet a group of Filipino-Canadian achievers last Thursday at a luncheon given in their honor by Canada’s Ambassador...

Opinion