Dhaka, Oct. 30 -- Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected reports claiming Tokyo agreed to recruit 100,000 Bangladeshi workers annually.

The clarification came on Thursday at the end of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's four-day official visit to Japan.

Multiple Bangladeshi television channels reported that an agreement or large-scale plan had been finalised to send 100,000 skilled Bangladeshi workers to Japan each year.

The claim gained rapid traction across social media after reports on the summit.

Refuting the assertions, Japan's MOFA Press Secretary Toshihiro Kitamura confirmed in a public statement that no such agreement had been reached.

"While recent social media posts have falsely suggested that the Government of Japan...