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Supreme Court Justice Yokoo to resign ahead of age limit

Friday 05th September, 02:42 AM JST

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  • muchogrande at 02:13 PM JST - 5th September

    Interesting how no such age limit applies to the PM or other lawmakers.

  • taikan at 02:07 AM JST - 6th September

    Interesting how no such age limit applies to the PM or other lawmakers.

    There are strict retirement age requirements throughout Japanese society, including the government. For example, JR requires its train drivers to retire at age 60, so for most of them their 60th birthday is also their last day at work. Within the judiciary, Supreme Court Justices and small claims court judges can continue in office until age 70, but all other judges are required to retire at age 65. All other government agencies also have strict retirement age limitations, and on top of that many agencies have an "up or out" policy for the highest level bureaucrats which forces many of them to retire at earlier ages, while lower-level bureaucrats can remain in government employment until reaching the actual statutory retirement age.

    By implementing these strict retirement age limitations, Japan frees up higher level positions for younger workers.

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