Japan’s Birthrate Drops Below 1 Million
April 26, 2017Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
The population of Japan shrank again in 2016, as the number of births fell below one million for the first time since statistics were first compiled. This article examines the year’s demographic data from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.
Tags: aging population, Birthrate, demographics, Japan, population
Why Japan will lose 20 million people by 2050
February 7, 2017Author: Sasakawa USA x Tofugu.com
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
When a country’s birth rate shrinks, it can face major challenges. When a country’s population gets older (meaning the percentage of elderly people gets bigger), that causes problems too. But what if both happen at the same time? Japan knows, because it is facing this exact crisis right now. To promote better public understanding of this twin phenomena, Sasakawa USA teamed up with Tofugu.com, a Japanese language and culture blog.
Tags: aging population, birth rate, culture, demographic challenge, education, Japan, population, population decline, research, tofugu, tofugu.com, twin phenomena
Answers for declining birth rate, aging population sought at seminar
February 22, 2016Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
A slight rise in Japan’s birth rate in the past decade is no cause for celebration but instead reflects the “tempo effect” resulting from couples choosing to marry later in life, Sasakawa USA’s Director of Programs and Senior Fellow Daniel Bob said while introducing a seminar February 9 on the aging population in Japan. “That
Tags: Abenomics, aging population, birth rate, daniel bob, embassy of japan, population, social, tempo effect, u.s.-japan research institute, womenomics