I don't think there would be many companies that will directly hire temp workers after three years. Switching jobs is really tough for those who leave their jobs in their 40s and 50s, even if they wer

The future for the previously unemployed isn't more Seishain (Permanent Workers), but rather more Keiyakushain (Contractual Workers) with better benefits and higher pay.

Today's children, however, probably are looking forward to a golden future where they are very much in demand as Seishain because of the decrease in young people due to Japan's low birthrate. These kids will have a prosperous, stable future that should spur them into making more babies and correct Japan's demographic plight.

Yeah, gotta love Japan's "labor shortage."

Here's a revelation: in a seller's market, buyers can't be choosy. But in this one they are. Funny, that, eh?

"seishain", lol, Japanese people need to wake up, seishain is a scheme to keep wages low during the "good times". What happen when bad times come ? no more "seishain", you're now absolete, because you only know how your galapagos company operates, you lack general skill in anything, good luck finding a company that will require your galapagos skill.