Policymakers want to encourage elderly workers. Keeping people employed for longer helps compensate for the shrinking number of young people in Japan and South Korea https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/04/27/ageing-workers-in-east-asia-are-essential-more-are-needed?taid=69f1617ad57aeb00013d9749&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante