Abstract: The global competition for talents is becoming increasingly fierce, and high-tech immigrants are particularly popular, but Japan is a special presence. Japans immigration policy is mainly based on economic pragmatism and protects its ethnic homogeneity. Guided by this ideology, although immigration policies seem to actively attract high-tech talents, they have not received political support. The annual merit system and lifelong employment system, the male dominated employment system, and the distrust and discrimination of Japanese nationals against foreigners have deterred high-tech talents from Japan. Although Japan has the most open high-tech immigration policy in the world, its failure in this regard is evident.

Key words: high-tech talents, Japan, immigration policy, failure