From Asia news one:
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/japan-target-asian-students-work-it-sector
The
Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry plans to launch a system next
fiscal year that will help new Asian university graduates and others
invited to Japan find employment in the nation to alleviate a shortage
of human resources in information technology.
The ministry will first target Indians and Vietnamese and aim to secure about 10,000 IT workers, according to sources.
The
ministry envisages creating a system in which Asian university
graduates who majored in IT and other people will come to Japan to learn
Japanese and then find employment at Japanese companies.
It plans
to include related costs in its budgetary request for fiscal 2016 to
launch the system in that fiscal year. Under the system, Asian students
will be introduced to places to study and work in Japan. The students
would be allowed to work part-time at IT firms to earn money for living
and tuition while attending Japanese language schools.
A council
comprising Japanese IT companies, Japanese language schools and other
entities is expected to be established as early as this summer.
The
ministry plans to set up a joint task force with the Indian government
this autumn to discuss specific measures. It also plans to seek
co-operation from Vietnam, which is keen to develop IT human resources.
According
to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, 31,581 foreign workers were
employed at IT companies in Japan as of October.
As part of its
growth strategy, the government has set a goal of doubling the number of
non-Japanese workers at domestic IT companies to 60,000 in 2020.
However,
domestic firms, such as software and game developers, tend to be
cautious about hiring foreign workers who do not speak Japanese.
Although
there has been a trend of Japanese companies employing Chinese workers
in IT fields, the number of Indian IT workers at domestic firms has
stagnated. Many Indian students have found employment at IT companies in
the United States, taking advantage of their English ability.
With
the My Number system set to be implemented and demand for IT system
updates rising, a shortage of IT human resources has become serious in
Japan.
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Japan government plans to attract 10,000 IT workers in 2016 from Asia,
mainly from India and Vietnam. This is to address the shortage of IT workers.
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry plans to launch a system
that would allow students in Japan to work part-time.
Although Honda, in a recent move, decided to adopt English as the company's official language,
Japanese language is still a very important requirement to work in Japanese IT companies.
A heavily used measure of Japanese language ability is the JLPT.
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