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Japan needs a lot more tech workers. Can it find a place for women?

Indian Express | 02/09/2021 11:39 AM | Click to read full article

The pandemic has reinforced the urgent need to modernize, accelerating a digital transformation effort promoted by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, including the opening Wednesday of a new Digital Agency intended to improve the government’s notoriously balky online services.
To narrow the gap, Japan must address a severe shortage of technology workers and engineering students, a deficit made worse by the near absence of women.

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