Mandatory retirement ages complicate Japan’s effort to keep people working longer

The World

Japan’s government says keeping older folks in the workforce is one way it hopes to bolster its economy as the working-age population decreases. Municipal job centers host job fairs for older people, and the government gives out awards for companies that employ lots of older workers. But most medium and large Japanese companies enact mandatory retirement ages, which require workers to retire from their lifelong careers at age 60 or 65. As The World’s Carolyn Beeler reports from Japan, that is complicating efforts to keep people working longer.

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