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Old Nov 11, 2017, 8:30 am
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mjm
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Originally Posted by evergrn
I've read about this. It's a good point. All this talk about respect towards elderly in Jpn. Yet such age discrimination with employment, housing.
Several highly rated landlords do rent to elderly though. The contract is a fixed term lease so it is a safe bet usually. At some of the prices in Tokyo its the elderly who can afford the rent. :-)
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