To ensure that the protection lasts for the lifetime of the equipment, system maintenance and testing should be performed regularly.

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Many argue that the ranks of the poor are growing in Japan because of the insufficient pension coverage for the poor elderly and the erosion of the lifetime employment system that in the past ensured job security and solid pay.

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Sure, there will be loans which are paid back over a lifetime of work (the system is more generous than the US equivalent in some ways, not in others) but students take on the debt themselves and pay the fees.

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Seniority promotion, the lifetime employment system and the dead hand of Japanese corporate bureaucracy are all anathema to the free-wheeling stock-option culture that attracts Chinese businessmen these days.

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That is the tragedy at the heart of our health care system -- The devastation when one stroke of bad luck undoes a lifetime of hard work.

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In spite of it all, Loker is quick to point out her many blessings: Being able to share a home with her family, having a job she loves, having good friends and a good health care system to help with the cost of a lifetime of surgeries.

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And to ensure that protection lasts over the lifetime of the equipment, maintenance and testing should be performed on a system regularly.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy