Japan’s coming population implosion
August 3, 2017Author: Tani Sadafumi
Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
Japan is entering uncharted demographic territory as its rapidly aging society embarks on a phase of negative population growth. Can the trend be reversed? How can Japan maintain economic growth amid a shrinking labor force and soaring social security costs? Tani Sadafumi reports on Japan’s demographic dilemma.
Tags: aging population, demographic issue, Japan