TOKYO -- Japanese companies are working to attract IT talent from South Korea, seeing their skills in rapid software development and their proximity to Japan as a way to ease a projected shortage of up to 790,000 engineers in 2030.
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South Korea's speedy software engineers in high demand in Japan
Japanese companies facing severe IT personnel shortage in 2030
There were 9,954 South Koreans working in Japan’s information and communications industry as of October 2023, up 52% from 2016. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
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