TOKYO -- A woman in her 20s from Taiwan who had finished her two years at a Japanese graduate school in March landed a new job with a foreign-affiliated company in Tokyo in December. She finally was able to work in finance, as she wanted -- but two years behind other students in her academic year who were already pursuing their own careers.
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"International students tend to want to join large companies to reassure their relatives back home," said Yuji Kobayashi, senior researcher at Persol. "Because they narrow down their applications, time passes without them getting any offers, and they have to go on to higher education or return home."
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