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Small companies in Japan struggle with hiring as graduates vie for jobs in big firms

Japan's job-to-applicant ratio at a 25-year high at 1.43 for January

Published Fri, Mar 17, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

GRADUATE recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie The Matrix.

Hordes of students dressed in identical black suits and white shirts make the rounds of seminars, tests and interviews.

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