{"id":67618,"date":"2026-08-02T06:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/67618\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T06:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:46:07","slug":"filipino-housekeepers-mop-up-growing-demand-across-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/67618\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino housekeepers mop up growing demand across Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Housekeeping services employing Filipino staff have gained in popularity amid growing demand in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/japan?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan<\/a> for such domestic support, with one provider seeing their workforce roughly double over the past decade.Since the Japanese government began allowing foreign nationals to provide housekeeping services in national strategic special zones in 2016, workers from <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/philippines?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Philippines<\/a> have been a top choice due to their cheerful personalities, diligence as well as expertise.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In February, a Filipino housekeeping staff member listened carefully to her client\u2019s instructions as she made her on-site debut around a month after arriving in Japan. She assiduously took notes as the client explained in a mix of English and Japanese how to use cleaning tools and the order of detergents.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201c[Filipinos] are friendly and easy to talk to and they work seriously, so I can feel at ease,\u201d the client said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Before 2015, only certain households, such as those of foreign diplomats, had been allowed to employ foreign housekeepers. But a legal change that year, aimed at increasing women\u2019s workforce participation and easing labour shortages in Japan\u2019s housekeeping industry, paved the way for foreigners to work in designated areas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Filipino housekeeping staff learn the best way to use an iron during training in Tokyo\u2019s Meguro ward in January. Photo: Kyodo\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8c4b362f-9e2e-4e23-9c7e-6b210df7894f_8072688e.jpg\" title=\"Filipino housekeeping staff learn the best way to use an iron during training in Tokyo\u2019s Meguro ward in January. Photo: Kyodo\"\/>Filipino housekeeping staff learn the best way to use an iron during training in Tokyo\u2019s Meguro ward in January. Photo: Kyodo<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Following the law revision, Tokyo-based Pinay International launched a business especially employing Filipino housekeepers. It now operates in parts of Tokyo, and neighbouring prefectures of Kanagawa, Osaka and Hyogo with more than 200 Filipino staff working as full-time employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Housekeeping services employing Filipino staff have gained in popularity amid growing demand in Japan for such domestic support,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1885,43864,37282,13106,8,590,30107,33,85,23,43865,43863,52,2363],"class_list":["post-67618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-bears","tag-duskin","tag-filipino","tag-hyogo","tag-japan","tag-kanagawa","tag-ministry-of-economy","tag-nihon","tag-osaka","tag-philippines","tag-pinay-international","tag-tetsuya-moteki","tag-tokyo","tag-trade-and-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}