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Aging workers in Japan: From reverence to redundance

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It wasn’t so long ago that “honorable elders” were revered, if only for their rarity. Now, during recessions, redundant older workers are the first to be laid off.

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  1. Kazuo Takada
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Kazuo Takada is professor of social policy at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, and co-author (with James Schulz of Brandeis and Shinya Hoshino of Tokyo Metropolitan University) ofWhen ‘Lifetime Employment’ Ends: Older Worker Programs in Japan. He has written articles about the American labor movement, employment of older workers in Japan and America, and comparisons of the two nations’ personnel policies and practices.

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Takada, K. Aging workers in Japan: From reverence to redundance. Ageing International 20, 17–20 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03033489

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