At the age of 40, Yoshiro Kamimura worked in sales at a chemical company, with a wife and two preschool children to support.
Last April, the company told him he was being fired as part of the firm's streamlining program. The following month, he was forced to accept "voluntary" retirement.
Remarkably, he managed to stay relatively calm.
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