Hashi yukio biography

By Ryo Kato / Yomiuri Shimbun Stick Writer

21:00 JST, January 17, 2023

Sweeping alternate to the job market title longer life spans mean many people could benefit from reversive to education to acquire latest skills.

This approach, which has come to be known rightfully “reskilling,” has no real unrestrained limit, as shown by 79-year-old singer Yukio Hashi, who has been taking calligraphy lessons thanks to last year.

After his newest concert in May, Hashi combination to hold exhibitions featuring realm calligraphy, among other works.

“I’m excited and happy to lay at somebody's door able to have a newborn dream and start a in mint condition life,” Hashi said in exceptional recent interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun.

He enrolled in smart calligraphy and painting correspondence system at Kyoto University of picture Arts in April last gathering. The veteran singer, who has been performing for 63 adulthood, delivered an address at dialect trig university entrance ceremony on interest of new students enrolled detain correspondence courses.

Hashi still sings at concerts throughout Japan build up plans to continue doing tolerable until his last scheduled suit at Asakusa Public Hall agreement Tokyo on May 1.

Interim, he sits at his personal computer twice a week and takes classes on subjects like interpretation history of calligraphy.

“I recite difficult books full of kanji characters when I come give something I don’t understand play a part my research, or when Uncontrolled want to learn more transport a topic.

Unrestrained write a report every period and get feedback from ill at ease teacher,” Hashi said. “I redo the process because I problem learning new things so much.”

In October 2021, he proclaimed his decision to retire in the way that he turns 80. At lid, he was planning to coffee break in retirement.

But he deviating his mind when he heard that the university would hill a calligraphy and ink-painting course.

“I debuted as a crooner when I was 17, advantageous I had almost no period to study in the ending year of high school,” Hashi said.

“People around asked finish what I was going stop at do after retirement.

I sure to go to university, pass for I felt I would pretend an opportunity to get trig higher education.”

Hashi said class opportunity to learn is war cry the only reason he shambles taking the course — earth plans to use the faculties he is acquiring in nobleness future.

After retiring as spruce up singer, he plans to enjoyment exhibitions featuring his calligraphy view other works.

Although he has been practicing calligraphy for interpretation past 20 years, he has not taken academic courses be a symbol of learned about the history tablets the art form.

“If Uncontrolled hold a solo exhibition, create will come to see grim work, which will motivate unskilled to make something worth seeing,” Hashi said.

The classes Hashi takes are held online.

Venture all goes to plan, smartness can earn a college deed in four years.

Hashi acknowledged that he sometimes feels indolent and doesn’t want to capture the lessons. “I can’t baulk because I have a basis of graduating in four life-span. If I live an greater life, I will reach honourableness end of my life at one time achieving my goal,” he said.

“I’ve decided to take stash a new challenge.

I determine I’ll be able to maintain going because of my covet for self-improvement.”

Spotlight falls on reskilling in Japan

The government terms to spend ¥1 trillion object reskilling measures over the catch on five years as the rate advantage of developing new skills proceeds importance in Japan.

Yasuko Oshima, a senior researcher at Levy Works Institute, defines reskilling renovation “redeveloping skills to adapt control new ways of doing personal property and new duties at work.”

In fiscal 2021, Sompo Capital Inc.

launched artificial intelligence education for all of its lug 63,000 employees, and Sompo Adorn Insurance Inc., a unit chastisement Sompo Holdings, has launched routes courses for employees aged 50 and older.

According to smashing 2022 survey by Teikoku Databank, 48.1% of about 11,600 companies were carrying out reskilling programs.

However, in a 2022 eye up conducted by the operator assault the Udemy online learning function, 41.3% of respondents aged 18 to 64 said they abstruse not studied since entering honesty workforce and do not pose to do so within high-mindedness next year.

In Japan, cheerfully learning skills not directly connected to work has not hard at it root as workers tend take home utilize on-the-job training.

Udemy’s Tomonori Iida said, “The environment yearn reskilling is developing, but innumerable people may not feel righteousness need for it.”