Japan faces economic headache from ageing population
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When Yutaka Takahashi strolls around his neighborhood in Japan's capital, he sometimes wonders where all the children have gone.
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The number of Japanese homeless is on the rise, and cultural attitudes about age are exacerbating the situation.
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Japan's economy has marked its longest economic expansion since World War II, according to a government report released yesterday.
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An aging US population will strain public finances and hurt the economy without swift fixes to the social safety net, such as raising the age for
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Japan's economy grew at a worse-than-expected annual pace of 0.3 percent in the third quarter as exports and capital expenditures weakened.
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Japan's GDP fell by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2004, taking the country into recession.
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WASHINGTON - Japan, Germany and many other large industrialized countries face long-term population slowdowns or declines as more young adults have fewer children or delay child-rearing, demographers say.    While the world's population is expected to increase by almost 50 percent by 2050, Japan could lose 20 percent of its population over the next half-century, according to data released Tuesday by the private Population Reference Bureau...
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After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe. He's glad he did: The 74-year-old discovered the government had shortchanged him by 460,000 yen ($3,770) in benefits he accrued while driving a truck for three years in the 1950s and 60s.
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Japan's recovery has been trundling along for more than five years, by some measures making it the longest, if not exactly most spectacular, period of continuous expansion since the war. But if you look at surveys asking ordinary Japanese people how they feel about their own circumstances, you would never guess it.
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Japan is losing its appeal among international investors, the head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange warned Friday following a dire 2007 for Asia's largest stock market.
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Japan's main share index falls sharply, hit by fears about the state of both the Japanese and US economies.
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Older investors are facing tough economic realities as a result of the disappointing United States stock market this year.
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An ageing population could damage the China's supply of cheap labour, the authorities warn.
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Japanese companies design 'helper robots' that could assist an aging population.
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Japan's prime minister-to-be, Shinzo Abe,   turned his attention on Thursday to the line-up for his cabinet   amid concerns about how the hawkish, youthful leader will cope   with diplomatic and economic challenges ahead.
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With fewer young people to work and pay taxes, the cost of looking after older people with state pensions becomes ever more prohibitive.
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Domestic demand will fuel economic growth in Japan in the next financial year, its government says.