China's Huawei makes hiring splash in Japan by doubling salaries

Rewarding engineering excellence may change the way local companies pay

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Huawei is after Japanese engineering ability and is willing to pay handsomely for it.

HIROSHI MURAYAMA, Nikkei senior staff writer and FUMIE YAKU, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- China's Huawei Technologies is causing a stir among young Japanese job seekers by offering monthly salaries of around $4,000 for prospective science and engineering graduates.

Huawei, the world's No. 3 smartphone maker by sales, will set up a major "production research laboratory" in Japan as early as this year, and is determined to hire the best engineers.

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