Tech Trails

Indo-Japanese bilateral relations are known for strong partnerships and have evolved significantly over the years. Currently, approximately over 54,000 Indian nationals live in Japan, and a large segment of this number consists of engineers. India is considered the biggest pool of IT talent, producing around 1.5 million engineering graduates annually. As Japan faces a labour shortage, the influx of Indian engineers offers an efficient and strategic advantage. The goal of this research is to analyse the trend of Indian engineers' mobility to Japan and the factors that influence their decision using the conceptual approach of mobility capacities and imperatives as mentioned by Cairns (2018). It is going to be an empirical study as apart from secondary data analysis of existing literature, I will conduct surveys among Indian engineers to better understand what brought them here and what needs to be done to improve their retention in Japan.