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[h=1]Japan seeks to double number of IT professionals from Asia[/h]
The economy ministry will work with computer firms and Japanese-language schools in attracting 1,000 information technology graduates from Asian nations annually to alleviate the shortage of IT workers in Japan.
The ministry was expected to establish a council on Nov. 17 to promote the project.
About 35 companies affiliated with the Computer Software Association of Japan and a group of Japanese-language schools will work with the council to procure IT graduates.
The council will help Asian IT grads who are endorsed by their governments study at Japanese language schools or find employment at Japanese companies. It will also consider a system that will enable IT graduates to work part time or participate in internships while studying at a language school.
The council aims at accepting about 1,000 IT graduates from Asian nations, such as India and Vietnam, in fiscal 2016.
The effort comes as the nation is gearing up for new technology, including the Internet of Things (IoT), a network in which all types of products and services are connected via the Internet, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analysis.
According to the ministry, about 1 million people are employed in the information service industry in Japan. Of these, an estimated 30,000 are foreigners.
Procuring IT professionals has become paramount as their numbers in Japan have leveled off at a time when the use of IoT, AI and big data is growing sharply worldwide.
The central government will step up efforts to attract IT professionals from India, Vietnam and other Asian nations to achieve its goal of doubling the number of foreign employees in the IT sector to 60,000 in 2020.
[h=1]Japan seeks to double number of IT professionals from Asia[/h]
The economy ministry will work with computer firms and Japanese-language schools in attracting 1,000 information technology graduates from Asian nations annually to alleviate the shortage of IT workers in Japan.
The ministry was expected to establish a council on Nov. 17 to promote the project.
About 35 companies affiliated with the Computer Software Association of Japan and a group of Japanese-language schools will work with the council to procure IT graduates.
The council will help Asian IT grads who are endorsed by their governments study at Japanese language schools or find employment at Japanese companies. It will also consider a system that will enable IT graduates to work part time or participate in internships while studying at a language school.
The council aims at accepting about 1,000 IT graduates from Asian nations, such as India and Vietnam, in fiscal 2016.
The effort comes as the nation is gearing up for new technology, including the Internet of Things (IoT), a network in which all types of products and services are connected via the Internet, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analysis.
According to the ministry, about 1 million people are employed in the information service industry in Japan. Of these, an estimated 30,000 are foreigners.
Procuring IT professionals has become paramount as their numbers in Japan have leveled off at a time when the use of IoT, AI and big data is growing sharply worldwide.
The central government will step up efforts to attract IT professionals from India, Vietnam and other Asian nations to achieve its goal of doubling the number of foreign employees in the IT sector to 60,000 in 2020.
