"This includes addressing ageist attitudes and encouraging companies to be more flexible in hiring and managing older workers."
Today, Japan leads the world in having the biggest proportion of elderly people, with 27 per cent of its population over the age of 65 years. Most of the other nations with old populations are in Europe.
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