Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your job

About half of Japanese firms have an "old guy who does nothing." Colleagues say they take many breaks, idly chat, browse the ...
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Japan sets record of nearly 100,000 people aged over 100

The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced. Setting a new record for the 55th year in a row, the number of centenarians ...
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Working Past 100? In Japan, Some People Never Quit.

Chang W. Lee and Hikari Hida traveled across Japan to interview the five centenarians. Japan has about 100,000 people who have lived for a century or more — the most in the world, and more per capita ...