Japanese Engineers in Samsung
In Samsung, a big electronic business of South Korea, there are many head-hunted Japanese engineers.
Samsung has an R&D center in Yokohama, Japan, where Japanese engineers also work. Including this Yokohama center, Samsung Group employed at least 458 Japanese engineers between 2002 and 2010, which can be confirmed by patent applications filed by Samsung Group. Japanese engineers employed by the South Korean company wrote patent applications under their names, so that their status can be easily confirmed. But of course there must be more Japanese engineers who have not drawn up patent applications.
According to study, those patent-applying Japanese engineers in Samsung were from the following Japanese businesses:
Original Japanese Business Number of Engineers in Samsung
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1. Panasonic 53
2. NEC 47
3. Toshiba 39
4. Hitachi 39
5. Sanyo 35
6. Renesas 31
7. Fujitsu 27
8. Sony 26
9. Mitsubishi 25
10. Canon 20
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Samsung's founder Lee Byung-chul (1910 - 1987) learnt in Waseda University, Tokyo. He then started rice-cleaning mill business to provide rice for troops of the Imperial Army of Japan which were stationed in South Korea. (Before WWII, Korea was part of the Empire of Japan.)
The second leader of Samsung Group Lee Kun-hee (1942 - ), a son of the founder, also graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo. He spent several years in Japan going to Japanese elementary school and junior high school. So, he can speak Japanese so fluently.
The third leader of the Group Lee Jae-yong (1968 - ), a son of Lee Kun-hee, also learnt in a graduate school of Keio University, Tokyo.
So, the root of Samsung is in Japan, and its current vitality is still being infused from Japan.
So, there is a joke that Samsung salesmen often say to their clients: "Trust us. Our technology is supported by Japanese engineers." And we, Japanese, don't care about it so much.
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