After a lifetime of public service by the side of his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip will finally retire on Wednesday at the age of 96. The Duke of Edinburgh will attend a parade of Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace, the last of 22,219 ...
In January, when researchers specializing in aging studies proposed that Japan redefine "elderly" as being aged 75 and older — instead of the current 65 — it raised more than a few eyebrows. In a nation with a rapidly aging population, where the sustainability of ...
More than half of Japanese companies are planning to raise the retirement age of their workforce, a Reuters poll shows, with many saying it would alleviate the labor shortage and harness the expertise of veteran workers. In the country, most companies require full-time employees to ...
For decades, boards allowed former executives to linger on as highly paid advisers, without offering shareholders much detail about their roles. Now, there are signs that cushy retirement gigs may no longer be a sure thing. Japan's largest drugmaker, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., in an unusual ...
The government plans to set up a task force soon for talks among key ministries and agencies on extending the retirement age for civil servants, sources familiar with the matter have said. Task force members are expected to discuss ways to adjust the ceiling on ...
Most nonregular workers are unaware of a new rule that enables them to work until mandatory retirement age after spending five years at the same company, an online survey has shown. The rule, included in the revised labor contract law that was enacted in April ...
Fans across the nation expressed shock Monday night after hearing beloved figure skater Mao Asada, the 26-year-old long-time face of Japanese figure skating, was retiring as a competitor. "I'll never forget how she won a silver medal in the (2010) Vancouver Olympics," said 19-year-old university ...
When a Japanese retiree who had settled in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai died in June, his body lay undiscovered for a week at his home, where he had lived alone. The man, who was in his 70s, was among a number of ...
Revelations of "amakudari" at the education ministry underline the need for all ministries and agencies to undergo strict investigations to root out the practice across the government.
A total of 40 education ministry bureaucrats landed post-retirement jobs at universities between January 2009 and last April, and half took up their positions just a day after leaving the ministry, government sources said. As re-employment immediately after retiring from civil service could violate the ...
The phenomenon may be suggestive of an underlying economic opportunity for Japan.
The Nagoya High Court has ordered Toyota Motor Corp. to pay about ¥1.2 million in damages to a former employee after he was offered undesirable terms when he sought to be rehired after retiring. The 63-year-old former office worker claimed Toyota had proposed a one-year ...
