That year, Japan had about 123 million people, and its GDP was USD3.1 trillion, the world’s second largest. The United States ...
Japan is on the brink of a significant demographic shift that will reshape its economy, welfare systems, and overall societal health. By the year 2050, solo households are expected to comprise 44.3 ...
The birth rate in Japan continued to decline in the first half of this year, deepening a trend Tokyo says will be irreversible by the next decade. Asia's second-largest economy faces a severe ...
In recent years, the aging population has seen soaring numbers of deaths and more people reach the end of their lives with no ...
The Japanese government has rejected requests from the Muslim community to establish additional graveyards, citing cultural ...
Faced with an aging population and acute labour shortages, Japan has boosted senior employment through policy. Yet many seniors are working out of financial necessity, not choice. As demographic ...
TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Yoshihide Suga, expected to become Japan's prime minister this week, hails from Akita prefecture in the north, which leads the world's most rapidly ageing country in greying ...
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