Pakistan is set to start sending its skilled workforce to Japan under a government-to-government Memorandum of Understanding as a recruitment initiative for many young workers is in its final stages, reports The Pakistan Observer citing an announcement from Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari. The Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between the Overseas Employment Corporation and Pakistan-based Inter-SES (International System Engineering and Services Pvt. Ltd) is meant to explore employment opportunities for Pakistani manpower in Japan by reaching out to major IT companies. Abbas Bukhari said after the signing of this MOC, the Inter-SES and OEC would make joint efforts to find new and lucrative job opportunities in Japan for the qualified youth of Pakistan. The recruitment of 120 skilled workers, supported by Japanese language training by the ministry, was underway, he added. The chief aim of the MOC is to boost the footprint of the Pakistani workforce in Japan through extensive marketing of jobs demand, emanating from Japanese companies, in Pakistan.