Indian nursing care workers trained by Sompo head to Japan

Indian nursing care workers trained by Sompo head to Japan Indian nursing care workers trained by Sompo head to Japan

MUMBAI — The first group of Indian nursing care workers trained by a unit of Japanese insurer Sompo Holdings will head to Japan in July, providing relief to an industry hammered by a worsening labor crunch.

Sompo Care opened a training center near New Delhi last August in cooperation with India’s National Skill Development Corp. Nursing care equipment was brought in from Japan for the nine-month training program, which also includes Japanese language lessons.