In Japan, more people than ever before are continuing to work beyond the standard retirement age of 60. But many companies don’t want to hire them. As part of a series on older workers in Japan, reporter Rebecca Rosman has the story of a surprising second act: retirees joining a service that lets people hire out an “old man.”
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