Ageism Saps Japan's Work Force ; Discrimination Unchallenged, Even Among U.S. Companies
The Washington Times › October 07, 2005
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After losing his full-time job at a shipbuilding company more than a decade ago, Hoji Fujita never got a second chance. Mr. Fujita took one part-time job after another to survive, but the older he became, the fewer opportunities he had, so he has had to live on the street for nine years.
"It can't be helped," he said with a vacant stare in the corner of an underground passage in Ikebukuro Station, where he often sleeps.See the full content of this document
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Ageism Saps Japan's Work Force ; Discrimination Unchallenged, Even Among U.S. Companies
The station is a major Tokyo transfer hub where four private railroads meet.
Mr. Fujita is one of a growing number of Japanese who are vict...See the full content of this document
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