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1. A NEW OLD AGE: Japan leads the world in adapting to a rapidly aging and shrinking population

Author

Lubman, Sarah

Subjects
Japan -- Demographic aspects, Population declines -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects -- Health aspects, Population aging -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects -- Health aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Environmental issues, General interest, Geography, History, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

On an overcast Saturday morning in Iwase, a sleepy port district on the lip of Toyama Bay on Japan's largest island, the streets are deserted until the appointed hour approaches. [...]

Published
2023

2. JAPAN TOWN OFFERS SOLUTIONS TO POPULATION DECLINE; Nagaizumi, population 43,406, is bucking the trend of small-town collapse in a country with low birth rates and one of the world's oldest populations

Author

Griffiths, James

Subjects
Japan -- Demographic aspects, Population declines -- Forecasts and trends, Sparsely populated areas -- Demographic aspects, Mayors -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Quality of life -- Demographic aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: JAMES GRIFFITHS; Staff NAGAIZUMI, JAPAN -- When Junko Kanai moved to Nagaizumi 20 years ago, the town in Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, had a reputation for being a [...]

Published
2023

3. 'The only solution is pretty clear,' Yusuke Narita said on a news program in December 2021, referring to the rapid aging of Japanese society

Subjects
Japan -- Demographic aspects, Population aging -- Forecasts and trends, Economists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mass suicide, Market trend/market analysis, Political science
Abstract

'The only solution is pretty clear,' Yusuke Narita said on a news program in December 2021, referring to the rapid aging of Japanese society. 'Isn't it mass suicide and mass [...]

Published
2023

4. Goodbye, city life: Green acres in Japan beckon as pandemic shifts priorities

Author

Lee, Michelle Ye Hee and Inuma, Julia Mio

Subjects
Japan -- Demographic aspects, Young adults -- Employment, Epidemics -- Social aspects -- Japan, Country life -- Forecasts and trends, Labor market -- Forecasts and trends, Farm life -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julia Mio Inuma TOKYO - Kana Hashimoto was toiling away at the lowest rung of a Tokyo insurance company, daydreaming of a decades-away retirement [...]

Published
2021

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