KYOTO—“It’s like taking a nursing course all over again, but this time, in Japanese.” That is what Filipino nurses here told Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz when they met on Sunday and asked the ...

Jobs in hospitals and other health facilities in Japan are there for the taking, but why aren’t Filipino nurses grabbing the opportunity? Despite the opening of the Japanese market for Filipino ...

The sensation begins at the base of my skull. It radiates up to my scalp, behind my ears, and across my forehead. It creeps down my spine and out to my fingertips like a faint, slow-moving spark along ...