TOKYO: Japan is joining the global hiring frenzy for technology engineers, as the nation known for modest pay and lifetime employment competes for cutting-edge talent with China and the US.
Start Today Co, which operates popular online fashion shopping site Zozotown, posted new job offerings Monday seeking up to seven “genius” tech experts, offering annual salaries of as much as 100 million yen (US$944,000). The listed company, worth US$8.4bil by market capitalisation, is looking for workers in fields ranging from artificial intelligence to cryptography and robotics, according to a blog post.
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