Japan's Suntory President proposed "45-year-old retirement" to replace lifelong employment, and was criticized for abandoning the weak

Source: The Paper

Recently, the "45-year-old retirement system" proposed by Sina Tsuyoshi, president of Suntory Holdings in Japan, has caused controversy in Japanese society. Sina Tsuyoshi said his remarks were aimed at promoting the shift of Japanese talent to "growth industries" and encouraging workers to continue learning. But a flood of voices have emerged on Japanese social networking sites refuting Sina's history, saying it is "abandoning the weak."

According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on October 11, Sina Tsuyoshi said at a seminar in September that it is necessary for Japan to achieve a "45-year-old retirement system" so that employees can learn on their own and no longer rely on the company, and the company also needs to work hard to retain excellent talents. Sina Tsuyoshi said that if the 45-year-old line is used as a line, Japan can promote the mobility of talents and let the social mentality and system move forward.

Kyodo News Agency pointed out that in an interview with the media in September last year, Sina Tsuyoshi said that it was "a good thing" for Young Japanese to resign, and they had more opportunities than Sina Tsuyoshi's generation when they were younger.

According to reports, Sina Tsuyoshi's remarks are in response to the "lifelong employment" system in Japanese society. According to an earlier report by the Liberation Daily, in the decades after World War II, Japan gave workers long-term job security (that is, the "lifelong employment" system) in exchange for loyalty to their employers. Today, there are fewer and fewer such positions, and people's perceptions are changing at the same time.

Sina Tsuyoshi believes that the "activation" of the labor market will contribute to economic development at a time when Japan's lifelong employment habits are still entrenched.

Sina Gangshi's remarks sparked a huge wave of criticism. Kyodo News Agency said that this is because the 40s are in their prime, and the average person in Japanese society has a large burden of expenses such as childcare and mortgage, and if they "retire", their future plans may be disrupted.

In addition, Sina Tsuyoshi jumped from Mitsubishi Shos to Rosen and Suntory as presidents, and such a personal resume makes him regarded as a "winner group". This is also the reason why Sina's remarks have provoked criticism.

Kazuo Mizuno, a professor of economics at Hosei University in Japan, emphasized: "Most workers seek stability. Compared with the flow of talent, stable employment is the responsibility of the operator. ”

Kyodo News Agency pointed out that in the situation of increasing employment of the elderly, what kind of working style is more ideal has become an important issue in Japanese society. Japan's revised Employment Stability Law for the Elderly, which came into effect in April this year, stipulates that companies have an obligation to ensure that employees can work until the age of 70. Many companies have postponed the retirement age of their employees as a result.