Over 6,000 workers at 41 listed firms apply for early retirement: poll

Sunday 07th December, 06:40 AM JST

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rajakumar at 12:12 PM JST - 7th December

Retirement does mean they will not do any work. They may do more housework,home business activities or some volunteer work. May be some may create new inventions with more free time.

The oppurtunities for the retired are more endless. They may even go to other nations which are not saturated with business, to start a small japan business.

They may also go on to work in other richer companies. Retired people know what is work about,they are good people in making japan better or starting new business anywhere.
jeancolmar at 09:13 PM JST - 7th December

Retirement for people "35 or older" (Okumura) and "40 or older" (Daikyo). Good golly. These corporations really want to get rid of even mildly expensive workers. Yes indeed retirement can be great if you have a comfortable amount of money coming in. But even for people 65 or over retirement benefits are not all that great. I can imagine what these early retired people will be getting. There has got to be more to this story than what we get here. Companies have their ways of forcing people to retire whether they want or not (transfers to provincial branches being one).
some14some at 10:40 PM JST - 7th December

It is called 'forced' retirement !
burikko at 11:31 PM JST - 7th December

Yes, it is forced. There are lot of bullyings, so-called ijime.
bimyou at 01:05 AM JST - 8th December

I personally think 'early retirement' is good for the economy. With the current market situation, the government should reduce the retirement age from 65 to 60. This will entice people to retire sooner and will create jobs for the younger generations and those who got restructured.
cleo at 01:28 AM JST - 8th December

the government should reduce the retirement age from 65 to 60. This will entice people to retire sooner

Not unless they start paying full pensions from age 60, it won't. Most companies already have the retirement age set at 60 (some at 55), at which point they 'rehire' mature employees for a fraction of their original salary. Without a pension, early retirement is just another name for unemployment.
DeepAir65 at 07:27 AM JST - 8th December

it's called redundancy in most countries. When I notified the bank they said 'oh, you've retired have you?' - whatever!

And burikko - if you reduced the retirement age in Japan then they would really be in trouble! But I say force retirement age for politicians and then we might get a government in touch with reality!
Altria at 10:46 AM JST - 8th December

Sounds alright, get paid for a couple of years to travel, pursue hobbies while looking for a new job.