OECD urges Japan to scrap mandatory retirement amid labor shortage

New report outlines measures to encourage more seniors and women to work

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The number of workers in Japan could halve by 2100 to 32 million, the OECD estimates. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)

HIROFUMI KANAOKA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Abolishing mandatory retirement will be key to Japan securing the workers it needs amid a population decline, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a new economic report on the country published Thursday.

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