Science students are eschewing traditional high-powered employers such as Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. to help make ice cream and yogurt.
They are applying to dairies. That says quite a bit about the current state of Japan and — some say — its future.
Sony, the Walkman inventor that once topped the rankings among the most-coveted jobs for graduating science majors, may drop further in popularity after sinking to fourth place from second in a survey this year of science students headed for the job market in April, said Takuya Kurita, a researcher at Tokyo-based Mynavi Corp., which operates job-hunting websites.