How is the IT market in Japan now? Why do so many programmers go to work in Japan?

Compared with China, Japan is a developed country after all. The software industry started early, developed rapidly, and the salary was relatively high. But in fact, the prospects and platforms in China in recent years are also quite good.

1. Why does Japan need a large number of talents in it software industry? Why don't other mechanical, chemical and biological industries need it? Is there a structural imbalance in Japanese industry?

Japan's software industry is very developed, and the animation industry ranks first in the world, requiring a large number of software developers, programmers and testers. Software is different from other industries, with high knowledge content but low knowledge content. The key is software design and architecture. This kind of work is not for China people. You must work in the software industry in developed countries for many years and have rich experience. After the software designer or architect designs the software, what is needed is that the programmer writes the program code according to the requirements. For a large-scale software, the code may be tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of lines, and people need to input, paste and copy line by line. I don't want to do it on such a working day, and not many software programmers want to do it. So this kind of work is outsourced to China, usually Dalian. But sometimes it's time-consuming and laborious to contract with China companies, and when the task is urgent, we will find some people to do it in Japan. It seems that the cost has gone up, but in fact, compared with the Japanese, our programmers are still cheap labor. So there are so many IT personnel going to Japan.

Japan's machinery, chemical and biological industries really don't need so many people. Why? Very easy to understand. Is there coverage in China and Southeast Asia? There are so many automobile factories, chemical plants and pharmaceutical factories in China, aren't there many Japanese companies? They are short of domestic resources. Considering environmental protection and cost reduction, it is very expensive to do these industries in China.

I wonder if you are satisfied with the first question?

2. Japan's economy is not depressed, is the unemployment rate high?

That's true. However, the wage level of Japanese labor force is not low. For example, a Japanese programmer costs 300,000 yen a month (for example), while a programmer imported from China only needs 1.5 million yen a month. Which is more cost-effective? The answer is obvious. Enterprises are all mercenary, and no enterprise employs "noble people" to solve the unemployment problem in its own country. Hey hey. You won't, will you?

Therefore, the economic downturn and high unemployment rate have not affected Japanese enterprises to recruit it personnel from China at all.

This idea is realistic, but 3 million is too much. IT professionals, especially software development engineers and software testing engineers, do this in many domestic software talents. Moreover, many domestic software outsourcing companies have worked in Japanese IT companies for a period of time, gained advanced experience, and returned to China with outsourcing orders from Japanese companies. Therefore, learning while making money is the right way. It doesn't make much sense not to study to earn money. It's great to earn enough money, learn technology, get subcontracting orders from Japanese companies, and then go back to China to start a business and drive domestic economic development!

Supplementary question 2: How likely is it to be on an equal footing with the Japanese from work to taking root in Japan?

This possibility is almost impossible. One of my cousins is in Japan. He said that it takes two generations to integrate into Japanese society in Japan and three generations to enter the upper class. He has a solid economic foundation. To put it simply, there is no hope for this generation to start a business in Japan and be on an equal footing with the Japanese. Moreover, Japanese people are more exclusive to China people, and we look down on them in our bones, so it is difficult for us to blend in.

I hope I can help you, thank you!