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Foreign It Workers Seen as Solution to Industry Shortage


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There is a rising demand for IT engineers in Japan as many point out there is a shortage of such professionals domestically. An estimate shows that Japan will face a shortage of close to 600,000 IT-related professionals by 2030.

As companies are moving to recruit workers from overseas, skilled IT engineers, especially from Asia, are increasingly garnering attention. Such a trend seems to be in line with the Japanese government's policy to further increase the number of foreign workers with technical skills.

From The Japan Times
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