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Japan: Nagasaki Journal |
The Students
The Classes
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Times for Workers After 10 years of recession in Japan, Nagasaki’s unemployment rate tops the national average. Those who feel it most are over 50. They are fired first, displaced by foreign workers or refuse to tolerate contentious work relationships. Experienced and eager to work, their salary demands and the time it takes to train them nevertheless keep older workers in the unemployment line. |
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Foresighted
Insurance Seller Keeps Working by Changing to a Career Helping Elderly
in Homes In bad economic times, it pays to be creative. Faced with an employer going bankrupt, and inspired by her own mother’s experience, 51-year-old Yoko Jyono began training to help care for elderly Japanese in their homes. When the inevitable happened, Jyono was ready. |