Workers in Japan offered early retirement tops 10,000 as pandemic drags on Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
People walk past a shuttered business in Tokyo s Shibuya Ward on Friday. | KYODO
JIJI Jun 12, 2021
The number of employees offered voluntary early retirement by listed companies in Japan has exceeded 10,000 so far this year, three months faster than in 2020, a private survey has shown.
Fifty companies have made such offers, and about 70% of them have reported net losses, according to Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd.