Thirty-three Filipinos and Indonesians who came to Japan to work as nurses and nursing care workers have returned home after becoming discouraged by their slim prospects of passing the national exams for their professions, it has been learned.

Eleven went home after learning they had failed the latest annual nursing exam. Only 1.2 percent of foreign applicants have passed the exam.

More would-be nurses and care workers could decide to return home after becoming discouraged by the language barrier in the exams, according to observers.

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33 foreign care workers go home; test too difficult - The Daily Yomiuri