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48% of firms to hire foreign students: survey

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Nearly half of Japan's compa-nies expect to hire foreigners studying in Japan next year, ac-cording to the latest survey by a job information company.

According to Disco Inc., 48.4 percent of the companies intend to hire such students in fiscal 2014.

In the survey, 69 percent of large companies with more than 1,000 employees said they intend to hire such students.

The poll, held from late August to early September, drew 539 respondents. (Kyodo)

外国人留学生、半数の企業が採用意欲

日本の大学で勉強している外国人留学生の来年度の採用を見込む日本の企業の割合が48.4パーセントに上ることが、就職情報会社ディスコの調査で明らかになった。

The Japan Times ST: December 27, 2013