75-Year-Old Job Hunters Could Become New Normal in Aging Japan
- Japan’s ballooning debt fueled by social security obligations
- Government seeks to persuade more elderly to stay in work
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At the age of 75, Mikiko Kuzuno found herself recently laid off and applying for a job at a factory near Tokyo. She insisted on making the application in person.
“I asked them to please take a look at me,” she said. “I wanted to show them how healthy I am. Some people are very frail.”