【ASA配送】ルポ 過労シニア｜【ASA Delivery】Report: Overworked Seniors
Reportage: Overworked Seniors
Why Are "Senior Workers" Surging?
By Mio Wakatsuki
ISBN: 9784022953421
Price: ¥957 (tax included)
Release Date: November 13, 2025
Paperback, 224 pages, Shincho 1031
Meaningful Work? Or Exploitation?
Exposing the Harsh Reality of Senior Workers!
More seniors cannot live on pensions alone and are forced to keep working.
Particularly, the "never-ending child-rearing" of supporting children who cannot become independent even as adults is one factor forcing seniors into harsh labor.
Underlying this is a social structure that places excessive burdens on individuals and families. With community support dwindling and systems failing to adequately function, the elderly are left isolated, forced to keep working.
The labor journalist who sparked discussion with 'Side-Hustle Dads' closely interviews 21 elderly workers. Through their struggles caught between fulfillment and exploitation, this work sharply dissects the "invisible poverty" and "structure of isolation" plaguing modern Japan.
A powerful nonfiction work revealing the true reality of "working seniors"!
<Table of Contents>
Chapter 1: The Never-Ending "Child-Rearing"
Chapter 2: The Reality of "Zero Savings"
Chapter 3: 20 Million Yen Isn't Enough
Chapter 4: Senior Caregivers
Chapter 5: The Fate of Pride
Chapter 6: Emerging from the Tunnel of Solitude
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ルポ 過労シニア
「高齢労働者」はなぜ激増したのか
若月 澪子 著
ISBN：9784022953421
定価：957円（税込）
発売日：2025年11月13日
新書判並製 224ページ 新書1031
やりがいか？ 搾取か？
シニアワーカーの過酷な実態に迫る！
年金だけでは暮らせず、働き続けざるを得ない高齢者が増えている。
とくに、大人になっても自立できない子どもを支える「終わらない子育て」が、シニアに厳しい労働を強いる要因の一つになっている。
背景には、個人と家族に過剰な負担が集中する社会構造がある。地域や共同体による支援が希薄になり、制度も十分に機能しない中で、高齢者は孤立しながら働き続けるしかない。
『副業おじさん』で話題を呼んだ労働ジャーナリストが、21人の高齢労働者に密着取材。やりがいと搾取の狭間で揺れる彼らの姿を通して、現代日本が抱える「見えにくい貧困」と「孤立の構造」に鋭く切り込む。
「働く高齢者」の実像に迫る、渾身のノンフィクション！
＜目次＞
第１章 終わらない「子育て」
第２章 「貯蓄ゼロ」の実態
第３章 2000万円では足りない
第４章 シニア・ケアラー
第５章 プライドのゆくえ
第６章 孤独のトンネルを抜けて
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