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KAWARAMACHI, Japan (AP) — Time seems to stop here. Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the size of an orange, a stitch at a time.

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HONG KONG — China said Friday it would raise its retirement age for the first time in decades, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with falling birth rates and an aging workforce.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. China will raise the retirement age for the first time since 1978, a move that could stem a decline in the labour force but risk ...

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China's top legislature on Friday adopted a decision on gradually raising the statutory retirement age in the country. The retirement age for men will be raised from 60 to 63 in the course of 15 ...

Next year, China will raise its retirement age, currently one of the lowest among major global economies, as part of an effort to tackle its declining population and aging workforce. In 2024 ...

China will begin raising the retirement age for the first time in more than 70 years as the 1.4bn-strong country faces a shrinking and ageing population. China's legislature, known as the Standing ...

China will use the next 15 years to raise the statutory retirement age, as cited from a decision adopted at a session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress that ...

Beijing (AFP) – China said Friday it would gradually raise its statutory retirement age, as the country grapples with a looming demographic crisis and an ageing population. Hundreds of millions ...

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