Age discrimination in employment
The Asahi Shinbun reports there's an effort to end age discrimination in hiring . Many firms (and I assume these are large firms) explicitly set age limits, sometimes as low as 30, for new hires. In particular, the ban is expected to help freeters--job-hopping part-time workers--in the 25- to 34-year age bracket, officials said. People of that generation typically failed to find regular full-time employment after graduation in the 1990s because of the nation's prolonged economic slowdown. (h/t Japundit )