. >> reporter: it o takatosi says japann f faces a futuree in whi more people are receiving social securityng into the system. >> many japanese e elderly, inclcluding myself, are working fine around retirement age, so they should be allowed to continue to work, putting into the social security contributions, and getting bigger social security benefits. >> reporter: ito adds, japan will have to re-evaluate its traditional lifetime employment system in order to increase labor market fluidity and productivity. >> a worker r has to be transferrable to other companies. companies should pay for the job skills and performances,s, rath than length ofof the service. veryry large retirement severan pay by the company is not the institution n that we shouould in this 21st-century economy. >> reporter: he says the tax system needs to be changed to discourage companies from doing so. instead, these funds should be allocated to younger employees. >> people need money when they're young, and they can use those money for, you know, having families or training themselves for higher skills. so just changing

japann says the islands were illegally occupieied afterer wo war ii.apan maintains the islands are an inherent part of japan territory. tokyo and moscow have yet to sign a peace treaty 75 years after the end of the war. russia has been at odds with the west since it annexed the c crimean peninsula f from ukrain six yeaears ago. relations have worsened lately. >>> the chinese government says that australian intelligence officers searched the residences of reporters working for chinese state media in late june. it said the australian government has not provided a reasonable explanation for the action. foreign ministry spokesperson joaoly janua joaoly jan represented central television. he said they were questioned by the australian security intelligence organization. in fact their laptops and cell phones were seized. >> we asked the australian government to immediately stop such blatant irrational behavior and stop harassing and oppressing chinese personnel in australia. >> the spokesperson also said china has launched stern protest with the government.