Japan’s workers scramble to make up $187,000 retirement shortfall
A panel report from Japan's financial regulator estimates that an average elderly couple will need an extra 20 million yen ($186,768) to fund a 30-year retirement. That has prompted retail investors, many still in their 20s, to start building up assets on their own. Nikkei surveyed major online brokerages about the changes they have seen since the report was released on June 3. From June 10 to 14, Rakuten Securities saw applications for the Nippon Individual Savings Account program...
