Article 6YB74 Mandatory retirement complicates Japan's effort to keep people working longer

Mandatory retirement complicates Japan's effort to keep people working longer

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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. But most medium- and large-scale Japanese companies are enacting mandatory retirement ages - at 60 or 65. As The World's Carolyn Beeler reports, those policies are complicating efforts to keep people working longer.

This story originally aired on Dec. 2, 2024.

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