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)