Mikiko Kuzono in her mid 70s still wants to be employed and is convincing potential employers to provide her work.
Japan’e elderly population can still be expected to work well beyond their 70s.
It’s demanding work where she stands throughout her three-hour shift, but she doesn’t think of retiring partly for financial reasons, and partly because she hates hanging around at home. Thus, Abe is advancing legislation to encourage companies to abolish retirement ages and take other measures to keep people on the job past age 70. A second bill would make such policies mandatory.
“That has to be our top priority, or we won’t be able to reform social security to give hope to the next generation.”A poll published by the Cabinet Office in January showed about 38% of Japanese wanted to work beyond the age of 65, while more than 50% would prefer to leave the workforce before that age.
“In Tokyo, as soon as people turn 65 they are wasting their time playing croquet or something. So I thought I would provide a place for them to work,” Morishita said. About a quarter of his workforce is 60 or older. Kimura loves the excitement of meeting young entrepreneurs in his job, while his friends in rural Japan are lucky to be hired as security guards.
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