Moeka Iida
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127 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 24 Aug
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So a lot of the Ice Agers ended up being recruited as irregular workers.
And around this time the term free to became popular, so that refers to young people who are bouncing between casual jobs.
And there was also growing discussion about parasite singles or young people who continue to live with their parents and rely on them economically.
Some of the narrative around this generation is a bit overblown.
So I spoke to some analysts who walked me through the data.
And if you look at the share of the Ice Age generation in regular employment, that has actually caught up with older cohorts.
But a lot of them have actually landed in stable jobs.
But even there, the damage is very visible when it comes to their earnings.
So the Ice Age generation, if you look at their earnings, it tends to be much lower than the older generation.
And in terms of why, if some of them were in irregular work for long stretches, even if you managed to transition to the regular track, your salary is likely to be lower than your peers.
And also when the ISA generation entered these companies, a lot of the upper ranks of these organizations were filled with bubble era workers who are occupying the higher managerial roles.
Exactly.
So there is a big question that people are asking about what happens, say, ten years down the road, twenty years down the road, when these ice agers hit retirement age, their earnings are low.
And Japan's pension scheme is tied to lifetime earnings.
One solution might be for people to work longer, as a lot of older people in Japan already do.
One expert I spoke to warned that a lot of the Ice Age generation
end up on welfare, but the welfare system is not designed to support the elderly in long periods.
That could be very costly for the government.
So what we're going to see in the future is fewer productive young people supporting the old.
When you talk about the Ice Age generation, the government has been talking about them for a very long time, but a lot of their programs have been focused on helping them find stable jobs and getting them into regular jobs.
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