Japan to recruit 200,000 IT professionals from India to fill manpower gap

The Japanese government is also planning to issue Green Cards for highly skilled professionals

After a year of lay-offs by Indian IT companies, IT professionals now have a reason to cheer, as Japan is looking to hire about 200,000 professionals from India in the coming months.

“Currently there are around 920,000 IT professionals in the country and there is an immediate demand for more than 200,000 IT professionals from India, which is likely to further swell to 800,000 professionals by 2030," The Economic Times quoted Maeda, Executive Vice President at Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) as saying. 

JETRO is a government agency which promotes trade between Japanese firms and other countries.

According to Maeda,