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Aug 28, 2025
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Scarce high-tech talent, localize hiring and development to win Japan.
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Success in Japan requires culturally fluent teams: invest in cross-cultural training and hire bilingual engineers to bridge expectations and collaboration.
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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲: 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Returnee engineers choose modernizing domestic firms, intensifying competition.