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G20 labor ministers discuss aging workforce responses

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all people have an involuntary initial survival program. almost all problems are born on the basis that 90% of people live under this program. hence all the troubles that everyone wants to take more. scientists now have the task - to simplify the learning process as soon as possible.

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The problem with the cheap labour beinh profitable to rich people who can keep paying less - you ( or Japan) dont get a choice. Soon in many places it will be either imported labour or no labour at all.

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facts not confirmed in practice. when the muscles are weakened, the brain begins to receive negative signals. And when there are very моге of these signals, the stable functioning of the brain is disrupted and this fact leads to a drop in sexuality and the appearance of various diseases. maintaining the strength of the muscles of the body, conditions are created for the (as yet unknown number of years) stable work of the body over the age of 70 years. there are cases of birth of children at the age of 101 years (male). you can solve not only the problem of labor, but also erase from the history of 70 80% of the disease that appear with aging. life is not realized in its originally intended parameters, but fades away without even reaching the middle. the problem is - how to do so that everyone can maintain the strength of their muscles? but the government is aware of this.

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How to tame aging workforce : by making kids !

Yes but then the Japanese government have to take real measures to ensure a better balance between work and social life and for the moment this is not the case, in Japan you still live in order to work while you should work in order to live.

Furthermore we will only see the results of these measures at earliest in about 18 years time thus is not a short term solution.

A short term solution would be increasing the minimum wages so Japanese people can actually perform the jobs where there is a labor shortage and still have a decent life.

Another short term solution is help and activate the more than one milllion hikikomori in to the job market.

Finally the Japanse government should encourage and subsidize automation to replace manual labor.

These measures will prevent people from having to work untill they are 70+ years old so people can still enjoy a life after their professionel career.

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the ratio to a person’s life when he weakens (this means that he is aging) is a page of shame in the history of mankind. you have to endure until they decide to introduce new rules when the concepts of old and weak will be absent. look at the facts: people in space are aging for six months.

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Japan should be the last one that should be telling other countries what to do about this issue.

Importing thousands and thousands and thousands of cheap labourers like me is the only way to avoid another bubble burst in the upcoming decade

It's also a great way to drag down wages for workers already here and to make rich people even richer.

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Importing thousands and thousands and thousands of cheap labourers like me is the only way to avoid another bubble burst in the upcoming decade, as the society is too rigid to adapt to a quickly changing reality in the nation.

Spoiler alert: there is no bubble. But the burst is happening.

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It is a severe slap in the face to rehire someone at age 60 on a one year contractual basis at a very reduced salary with zero 

One year is too long, it is usually 3 months.

Much ado abiut nothing, some of these meeting is not to seriously look into problem but a vacation and an opportunity to portray relevance and importance.

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How to tame aging workforce : by making kids !

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The major issue here is that the politicians, although able and do work at their nice salaries well into their eighties, do not want to sign into law allowing all to work into their eighties if capable physically and mentally and maintain their salaries with all the benefits etc. It is a severe slap in the face to rehire someone at age 60 on a one year contractual basis at a very reduced salary with zero benefits. Shame on Japanese legislators. Shame on you for humiliating serious and dedicated people. Shame on you.

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It is a tad suspicious they have failed to mention they intend to increase the retirement age to 70 due to their pension system being a massive failure.

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There are many ways to counter this problem and I sincerely hope they start looking at other options then importing hundreds of thousands of cheap laborers from abroad which will have a devastating impact on society.

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