A steady rise in overseas remittances from Meghalaya-trained nurses has become a key marker of the state’s deepening partnership with Japan, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on November 17.

Addressing the launch of a six-month Japanese language training programme in Shillong, Sangma highlighted that 37 nurses currently employed in Japanese hospitals are together sending back “about Rs 1 lakh every month” each, generating nearly Rs 5 crore in annual foreign exchange for families in the state. Only two nurses had been deployed to Japan two years ago.

Sangma said the government is pursuing a “focused and long-term partnership” with Japan rather than spreading its efforts thin. He noted shared “cultural and culinary similarities” between Japan and India’s northeast, adding that the collab

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