Launching Truck Driver Training and Recruitment in Manipur, Northeast India

Konoike Transport Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Osaka; Representative Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer: Tadahiko Konoike; hereinafter Konoike Transport) has established a comprehensive framework in Manipur, Northeast India, covering the entire process from the recruitment and training of candidates for truck-driver positions under Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker program to their employment and acceptance in Japan. The initiative will begin operating this scheme toward realizing the “The Japan-India Human Resources Return Ecosystem”, which seeks to address labor shortages in Japan while creating employment opportunities for young people in India. Konoike India Pvt. Ltd. (Head Office: Gurugram, India; Representative: Kazuhiro Hasumi), which oversees the KONOIKE Group’s operations in India, will establish a local framework for personnel training and dispatch through business partnerships with NSDC International (NSDCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of India’s National Skill Development Corporation, and IDTRC Manipur, a driver-training institution in Manipur. The trained candidates will be accepted at Konoike Transport in Japan under the Specified Skilled Worker (i) status of residence and are expected to work for up to five years. Konoike Transport is the first Japanese company to undertake this initiative, which covers the entire process—from recruitment and training to employment—of truck drivers under the Specified Skilled Worker program India.