Japan’s coming population implosion

Author: 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