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Abe Recovery Pits Graduate Jobs Against Senior Savings
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In the heart of Tokyo on a March afternoon, Akitsugu Yamamoto, clean-cut and clad in a dark business suit, is looking for a job at an employment agency whose name translates as New Grad Hello Work.
In a couple of days, Yamamoto, 27, will be leaving Waseda University, one of Japan’s top educational institutions, with a graduate degree in public management -- and no job offers, Bloomberg Markets will report in its August issue.