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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Might yet go for obedient droid butlers, though One of the main drivers of the Japanese - and hence the world's - robotics industry is the increasingly elderly population in the land of the Rising Sun.â¦
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Budget impasses and growing deficit raise concern about long-term economic growth and retiree benefits.
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Japan's government says it has to work harder to encourage elderly people to remain in the workforce.
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TOKYO -- As the United States frets noisily about a recession, Japan is quietly enduring a far more fundamental economic slide, one that seems irreversible.
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An ageing population could damage the China's supply of cheap labour, the authorities warn.
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TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Economic forecasters beware: Japanese women are cutting their hair again.
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TOKYO: Japan outlined plans on Monday to cut spending and curb ballooning bond issuance in next fiscal yearâs budget, but worries over massive state debt remained due to an ageing population and a weaker economic outlook.
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Japan&#39;s jobless rate rose unexpectedly last month while industrial output rebounded, according to data released Friday that painted a mixed picture of the health of Asia&#39;s largest economy.
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Germany is grappling with an unexpected  consequence of the industrialized world's aging population: how  to integrate its immigrant pensioners.
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Japan&#39;s first elderly care home for dogs is set to open this week, tapping into a growing market as the problem of ageing spreads from humans to the pet population.
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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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Around 700,000 Britons suffer from dementia and the condition costs the nation's economy 17 billion pounds annually, the Alzheimer's Society said Tuesday.
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After the age of 80, carrying a  few extra pounds may not subtract years from your lifespan, a  new study from Japan shows.
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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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All of the people killed, and many of the thousands left homeless, by this weekâs earthquake in Japan were older than 65, reflecting the rising vulnerability of one of the worldâs most rapidly aging societies.
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Japan's rate of economic expansion is revised downwards for the three months to June amid falling government investment.