Pandemic recession evokes fears of new lost generation in Japan

Survivor of 1990s hiring slump finally finds job and draws on his experience

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Naoaki Kimura was hired by the city of Takarazuka more than two decades after his job search began. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

TSUKASA FUDAUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

OSAKA -- The economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic risks creating another lost generation of young Japanese job seekers graduating into a deeply scarred economy.

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