These Grads Are Seeing the Hottest Job Market Since 1996
Offers for Japanese high-school graduates are soaring
Seven & I Holdings Co. new employees practice sign language prior to an initiation ceremony in Tokyo, Japan.
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Job offers haven’t been this good for Japan's high-school graduates since at least 1996, in another sign of a tightening job market as a result of the shrinking population.
The offers are helping boost prospects for a generation that grew up during the lost decades, and is one bright spot amid limited gains in wages.