Corporate Japan is looking to conduct job interviews online in a move that could benefit both companies and job seekers.

For job-hunting college students in rural areas, going to interviews in Tokyo, where the major companies are concentrated, is not easy: the transportation and accommodation costs, as well as long travel times can impose huge burdens.

For companies soliciting the best graduates, it will be possible to draw on more diversified and competent personnel resources from across the country and even from abroad.