• 

  0

  some14someDec. 28, 2011 - 07:51AM JST

  should be 69 !

• 

  0

  FoxieDec. 28, 2011 - 09:16AM JST

  It should stay that way.

• 

  1

  cleoDec. 28, 2011 - 09:28AM JST

  It should be no earlier than the pension age. People are no longer old at 60, with special provision made for those with health problems, no reason most people can't work till 65. And should be allowed to keep their pension if they choose to work longer.

• 

  1

  SamuraiBlueDec. 28, 2011 - 10:20AM JST

  With the shrinking greying population I believe the government should discard mandatory retirement altogether. If people want to work then they should allow them and the government should promote hiring elders that wants to work.

• 

  2

  ExportExpertDec. 28, 2011 - 10:43AM JST

  Age of receipt of pension should be 65, age of retirement however should be anytime over 65 that the individual chooses, none of this mandatory retirement stuff, if you want/need to continue working and are able to then you should be able to.

• 

  0

  pointofviewDec. 28, 2011 - 12:15PM JST

  60 is ok but you get peanuts from the govt ones. Company pensions can be ok. Also, you cant trust anyone with your money anymore so long-term investing might not be overly beneficial. If you have a magic number (age +time in) option 55 is great.

• 

  0

  TatankaDec. 28, 2011 - 12:58PM JST

  Depends on the job; pretty hard to do manual labor after 60, although many still do. Office workers should be allowed to stay until 65; technical fields, too, especially where accumulated knowledge is benificial to the company. Due to the bad economy here in Japan, just about everyone is put out to pasture at 60. I was the only one of a group of 24 who turned 60 this past July at our company who was allowed to stay only because they looked for a year for a replacement with no success...

• 

  3

  HollisBrownDec. 28, 2011 - 11:16PM JST

  31 - I've had enough.

• 

  0

  SerranoDec. 28, 2011 - 11:23PM JST

  Hollis - Har!

  I agree with Foxie, keep it at 60 and make Shintaro Ishihara retire yesterday!

• 

  0

  FarmboyDec. 29, 2011 - 06:12AM JST

  I thought raising it to 65 was a done deal... Still, I do like HollisBrown's suggestion... 31 is perfect.

• 

  1

  MaboDofuIsSpicyDec. 29, 2011 - 12:34PM JST

  Forced retirement should only be for police, fireman, military, pilots, and nuclear workers.

  All others should be able to work until they drop if they please.

• 

  0

  tokyokawasakiDec. 29, 2011 - 02:02PM JST

  Whatever, they should enforce retirement in the government at 65.

• 

  0

  GodanDec. 29, 2011 - 02:30PM JST

  This issue always conflicts me. On one hand, I hate ageism and feel that there is a huge amount of experience, work ethic, and so on being flushed down the tube just because of someone hitting a certain age? Doesn't make sense to me -- unless you factor in the "age before all else approach to HR management" so common in Japan. Where I work, if it weren't for the mandatory retirement rule, nothing would ever change as the dinosaurs at the top would hang on and simply do more of the same old same old, i.e. look out for themselves and their toadies. Seeing that they are "flushed" at 65 means that there remains a slight chance (1-2%) that a new approach or new ideas will be seriously considered.

  If ones abilities and hard work mattered more than how old someone was or how long they'd hung around at their current position (as we all know many here don't necessarily work to get promoted) then I would say make it limitless, i.e. a decision to made by the employer and employee on an individual basis. But sadly enough, I don't see that approach to HR ever catching on here in my lifetime.

Back to top

Login to leave a comment