TechnologyJapan's lifetime employment and low pay risk brain drain: lobby
Keidanren chief Nakanishi leads charge against antiquated hiring practices
A child learns from a robot at a Tokyo day care. Japan needs fresh thinking on employment to keep up with technology change, Keidanren says.
IORI KAWATE, Nikkei staff writer
December 24, 2019 07:06 JST
TOKYO -- Japan faces the prospect of falling behind other countries in the race to foster high-tech businesses unless domestic companies offer competitive pay and revamp outdated employment practices, the nation's most influential business lobby warned on Monday.