Japanese companies are stealing talented Gen Z out of college, paying off their student debt, and subsidizing their housing to combat the country’s aging workforce

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• Japan’s Gen Z talent emerging from college are being wooed with student loan reimbursement and subsidized housing as the country’s employers go up against a rapidly aging workforce. 

For many Gen Zers, paying off student loans and affording decent housing may seem like a pipe dream. But this may be a distant problem for young Japanese talent emerging from universities and heading into the workforce.