The number of Japanese seniors aged 65 and older looking for jobs has more than doubled in the past decade, according to a new report.⁠ ⁠ Hello Work, an employment services agency in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district, reportedly receives over 100 job seekers daily. Of these, many were “in their 70s and 80s,” a representative told Nikkei.⁠ ⁠ “Clerical jobs are popular among seniors, but job openings tend to be for work like apartment building superintendents and cleaning crews,” the representative said. Hello Work, they said, has been conducting seminars for seniors three times a month to discuss their options.⁠ ⁠ According to the agency, job-seekers aged 25 to 29 dropped by 100,000 10 years ago to 196,000 from January 2023 to November 2023. Meanwhile, those 65 and above skyrocketed by 140,000 to 256,000.⁠ ⁠ Despite the larger share of senior job-seekers, Hello Work told Nikkei that their success rate is still lower at 21% compared to that of the younger group at 27%. Still, some companies exp...