From Japan to the US, young people give up on finding jobs

COVID has been especially cruel to those just getting started

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The way governments count unemployed people cloaks many jobless workers in stealth. (Source photo by Reuters)

RINTARO TOBITA and KYO KITAZUME, Nikkei staff writers

January 10, 2021 12:04 JST

TOKYO -- Millions of unemployed workers have given up on finding jobs amid an unrelenting pandemic.

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