Hidden Treasure

Can women overcome obstacles to fill Japan’s tech gap?

Running time: 26 minutes 50 seconds

The Japanese government calls it a “digital cliff”—a projected shortfall of 450,000 engineers, programmers, and other tech workers needed by 2030 to undertake the country’s digital transformation. Harnessing the largely untapped potential of Japanese women—who are drastically underrepresented in science, engineering, and computer programming jobs and college degrees—could help narrow that gap.


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Malcolm Foster

Freelance journalist who has been covering Japan for more than a decade and a regular contributor to The ACCJ Journal.

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