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Japan: Ageing Population Provides a Silver Lining

Graham Watson

22nd March 2016

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A great little story here looking at how Japan is starting to make better use of its ageing workforce, with some of the elderly going back to work. Given the demographic problems that Japan faces, schemes to get the elderly back into work will be an important plan of trying to keep Japan working

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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