Japan Inc. ramps up recruitment drive at Asian campuses

Companies sponsor classes in bid to lure talent and beat regional rivals

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Students at Indonesia's Darma Persada University in Jakarta attend a class sponsored by Japan's Alpico Holdings. (Photo courtesy of Alpico Holdings)

EUGENE LANG and YUJI NITTA

TOKYO/HANOI -- Japanese companies are accelerating their drive to snag overseas talent by offering corporate-sponsored classes at universities around Asia, turning abroad as dwindling domestic birth rates sap the workforce at home.

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