JAKARTA — Hirdan Radityatama Putra Laisa, a 28-year-old Indonesian working in Tokyo at the global division of a Japanese human resources company, decided to work in Japan after graduating from Indonesia’s top university in 2019.
“If I work in Indonesia,” he explained, “I cannot save money, especially with the recent rise in the cost of living.” The University of Indonesia graduate makes 6 million yen ($41,600) a year, which he says is almost six times the salary a worker with the same educational level and skills would earn in Indonesia.
