Representatives of the business community in the Tohoku region have a talk with Keidanren Chairman Tokura and others, and promote side jobs and side jobs for people working in the Tokyo metropolitan area in order to secure IT human resources that are in short supply at local companies. agreed.
A round-table conference held in Sendai on the 18th was attended by business owners from the Tohoku region and Keidanren executives.
Keidanren Chairman Tokura said, “I am aware that many cutting-edge science and technology projects are underway in the Tohoku region. I expect that we will be able to strengthen our competitiveness."
After that, local business owners suggested that a state-of-the-art research facility using special light called a "next-generation synchrotron radiation facility" was being constructed on the campus of Tohoku University in Sendai City. It was reported that the IT human resources required by companies are concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area and difficult to secure.
In response to this, the Keidanren side expressed the opinion that ``the side that sends out human resources for regional revitalization must promote efforts.'' , agreed to promote side jobs and side jobs in rural areas.
At the end of the meeting, Jiro Masuko, chairman of the Tohoku Economic Federation, said, "I hope that the promotion of future initiatives and the evolution of the project will gain even more momentum."