The Japan Times
The government Friday adopted a support program for the so-called employment "ice age" generation, planning to implement assistance measures intensively over three years through fiscal 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/10/japan/ice-age-generation-support-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japaneseeconomy #nonregularworkers #poverty #retirement #socialwelfare #jobs
Government adopts support program for 'Ice Age' generation

The term refers to people who had trouble finding jobs after graduating from school in the wake of the collapse of Japan's bubble economy in the early 1990s.

The Japan Times
Apr 10 at 5:01amBuffer