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Mixed-race athletes at the Olympics reflect broader changes in society AS THE SON of a Japanese mother and Beninese father, Hachimura Rui stood out from his classmates in Toyama, a [...]

The economic problems associated with population aging are complicated and serious. However, the policy dialogue about aging has been much too pessimistic. Global aging is not a surging demographic tsunami [...]

The financial wealth in Japanese households could see a downward trend over the next 20 years. The ageing population in Japan is one of the prime causes of concern.

An interview with the historian Umesao Tadao is presented. He discusses the history of Japan as a maritime nation, the ecological history of the oceans and the grasslands, and the origin of the Japanese people.

For the first time, a proper debate is starting about immigration THE mantra since Shinzo Abe returned to office in 2012 has been about pulling Japan out of its long [...]

Women's lowly status in the Japanese workplace has barely improved in decades, and the country suffers as a result. Shinzo Abe would like to change that KAREN KAWABATA represents the [...]

Japan's aging population is having an effect on its economy because of the natural conservative tendencies of older people, who are reluctant to make changes to lift Japan out of the economic slump in 1998. The number of Japanese people over the age of 65 is expected to rise from 16% of the population in 1998 to 30% of the population by 2035. An increasing grey population is counterbalanced by a decline in the birth rate, which has left the number of young people lower than the aging population.

Issues concerning social differences between men and women in Japan are discussed. Particular attention is given to the increasing social and entrepreneurial independence Japanese women have gained and to historic and mythologic representations of Japanese women's social roles.

Japanese firms face a demographic catastrophe. The solution is to treat women better UNLIKE an earthquake, a demographic disaster does not strike without warning. Japan's population of 127m is predicted [...]

Area: Approximately 150,000 square miles, slightly smaller than California. Coastline: About 18,500 miles. Natural resources: Negligible mineral resources, fish. Population: 127.3 million, -0.1 percent rate of decline (2008 estimate). Environmental [...]

Population -------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Population (m)(a) 127.7 127.8 127.8 127.8 127.8 % change, year on year 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 By age group (%) 0-14 14.0 [...]

Population -------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Population (m)(a) 127.5 127.7 127.8 127.8 127.8 % change, year on year 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 By age group (%) 0-14 14.2 [...]

The population is largely homogenous and ageing Japan's population is largely homogeneous, with the exception of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, who number some 24,000. The Japanese race is [...]

Getting people into work, rather than into the bedroom, matters more for Japan's shrinking population FOR anyone who bothers to look out from the bullet train as it races from [...]

Population -------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Population (m)(a) 127.3 127.5 127.7 127.8 127.8 % change, year on year 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 By age group (%) 0-14 14.4 [...]

Labour force ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Labour force (m) 67.5 66.9 66.7 66.4 66.5 Unemployed (m) 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.1 2.9 Unemployment rate(a) (%) 5.0 5.4 5.2 4.7 [...]

The population is largely homogenous and ageing Japan's population is largely homogeneous, with the exception of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, who number some 24,000. The Japanese race is [...]

But ageing employees need not be a problem, if companies adjust JAPAN'S population is in decline. As of last October 1st, the government announced last week, giving the results of [...]

Population -------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Population (m)(a) 126.9 127.3 127.4 127.6 127.6 % change, year on year 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 By age group (%) 0-14 years [...]

Few ethnic minorities Japan's population is largely homogeneous, with the exception of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, who number some 24,000. The Japanese race is thought to be an [...]

Japan's population will soon start getting smaller as well as older OZAKI SHOJI, one of Japan's biggest makers of school uniforms, has a problem. Its core product is in increasingly [...]

Population -------------------------------------------------------------- 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Population (m)( a) 126.7 126.9 127.3 127.5 127.6 % change, year on year 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 By age group (%)(a) 0-14 [...]

With Japan facing a demographic crisis, government finances--stretched to the limit to keep the economy afloat--have to cope with the rising strain on public pension and health systems. This article [...]

A largely homogeneous population With the exception of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, who number some 24,000, Japan's population is largely homogeneous. The Japanese race is thought to be [...]

BULLY for America's kids, those gifted heirs to the boomers' crown. But what about everyone else? The simple answer is that, as with so many other things, what is happening [...]

Japan's youth are famed for their avid consumerism. They pursue trends with a zeal that borders on the obsessive, especially when it comes to something as fast-moving and varied as [...]

Rich countries have much older populations than poorer ones; and they are getting older still. Japan will be the greyest of all by 2010, when almost 22% of the population [...]

With falling fertility rates and increasing life expectancy, all the Asian countries are going through a demographic transition in which the proportion of elderly persons is increasing. However, different Asian [...]

1. Aging of Japanese Population Located between latitudes 20 and 45 degrees north, most of Japan belongs to the North Temperate Zone. Although liable to natural disasters such as typhoons [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Comment based on the 'Culture' page in the previous issue, title 'Japanese Desire a Big Family' [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 'You have only one kid!' 'Did you say you had [...]

Japanese baby boomers are likely to start retiring from 2007. The implication is that these people will receive substantial part of their savings. The likely changes in consumption trends in Japan because of such savings are discussed.

An analysis of Japan's low birthrate and aging population, the two trends that is affecting the Japanese economy is discussed. The two scenario's set by the Annual Report for JapanEs economy between 2011 and 2020 in order to achieve the growth is presented.

Japan Japn's 123 million people buy the second largest quantity of goods and services in the world. The seventh most populous nation in the world, its total land area, however, [...]

THE DISCRIMINATED FINGERS: THE KOREAN MINORITY IN JAPAN The Japanese prosperity continues unabated, prominently symbolized by an unprecedented trade surplus and the supremacy of the yen. Prime Minister Nakasone enjoys [...]