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A government white paper released Friday found that nearly 40% of Japanese adults age 65 and older want to continue paid work. The share exceeds results from similar surveys in the United States, Germany, and Sweden.
japantimes.co.jpA government white paper on Japan’s aging population, released Friday, reported that nearly 40% of adults age 65 and older want to continue paid work. The figure is higher than results from the same survey conducted last year in the United States, Germany, and Sweden. In the United States, 24% of respondents gave the same answer; in Germany and Sweden the share was about 19%.
Another 25% said working helps them maintain health and slow aging. The white paper presents these survey results without additional policy recommendations.
middleeasteye.netThe Lebanese environmental activist was injured two weeks earlier at her house on Mansouri beach and died Friday. She had protected sea turtle nesting sites for more than 25 years.
The IndependentExtreme heat, wind and drought conditions fueled multiple wildfires across the western United States on Sunday. An uncontained blaze in Utah prompted the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.
The Japan TimesFrance restricted alcohol sales at festivals and kept parks open overnight as temperatures reached 39-41 °C. Similar alerts covered most of Germany and parts of Italy and Spain.