IBC Talk: “Strengthening Workforce Diplomacy: Indonesia’s Strategic SSW Expansion to Japan”

The Government’s target of deploying 425,000 Indonesian migrant workers each year and reducing the share
of domestic placements from 80 percent to 60 percent positions our country for greater global influence while
safeguarding worker welfare. Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) programme is central to this ambition.
As Indonesia cultivates a skilled, globally minded labour force, Japan is contending with a demographic-driven
labour gap and has opened 820,000 SSW slots for foreign talent between 2024-2029. We have a great
opportunity to align these complementary needs for the benefit of both nations.

Insights from the roundtable will be used to inform relevant stakeholders and support ongoing dialogue on how
Indonesia and Japan can better align efforts to strengthen the SSW ecosystem and expand mutually beneficial
labor mobility