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Junko Ikawa, 70, a former head nurse at Iwasa Hospital in Gifu City, who used to plan birthday parties and trips to local areas with the foreign nurses. Even though the Japanese government is going ahead with plans to increase its number of foreign workers, a majority of the nurses accepted as part of the first intake in 2008 returned home.
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By getting involved in their lives outside of work, we wanted to prevent them from losing motivation.
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HBJ
More intrusion into my life outside of work would decrease my motivation and increase the chance of me leaving the company.
Alfie Noakes
Translation: "By attempting to control every aspect of their lives in Japan we managed to drive them all away."
Nippori Nick
When they found out what working in Japan was really like.