Abstract
In recent years, Japanese universities and corporations have established many new initiatives to train “globally competent personnel” and employ “highly skilled foreigners” （especially international students）. As a result, the new practice of “global talent management” has begun to attract great interest in Japanese multinational corporations. They are now actively seeking to employ international students possessing advanced talents as “globally competent personnel” and to develop their skills. In addition, nurturing globally competent personnel has become a major educational concern at universities in Japan. As Japanese universities strive to develop foreign students as globally competent personnel and as a “high―skilled foreign workforce,” it can be assumed that there is a system in which Japanese corporations use “global talent management” to transform globally competent personnel into a source of strong competitiveness. This report is intended to clarify the current state of that system, especially by elucidating the development of policies regarding globally competent personnel in Japan that differ from “globally competent talent” and “global leadership” in the West.
