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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Japan issued mixed economic data Tuesday in government figures for jobs, spending and sales in December, and officials responded cautiously amid other signs economic growth is slowing.
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Japan's economy has marked its longest economic expansion since World War II, according to a government report Wednesday.
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Japanâs economy contracted in the April-June quarter, the government said in a revision of its preliminary estimate that it had expanded. The latest data suggest that Japanâs economy may be suffering a slowdown in its pace of growth, making it harder for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates anytime soon. The government said the nationâs gross domestic product fell 1.2 percent on an annual basis in the April-June period, the first contraction in three quarters. Its preliminary estimate was that the economy had grown 0.5 percent in the spring quarter.
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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 has marked its longest economic expansion since World War II, according to a government report released yesterday.
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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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Economic reform may test Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's agenda.
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Japan's economy will likely expand 1.6 percent in the fiscal year starting in April, slower than the expected pace for the current fiscal year because of dwindling capital expenditures and housing investment, the government said Monday.
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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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The long-term economic health of the United States is threatened by $53 trillion in government debts and liabilities that start to come due in four years when baby boomers begin to retire.
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The number of Japanese living beyond 100 has almost quadrupled in the past 10 years, with the once-exclusive centenarian club expected to surpass 28,000 this year, the government said Friday.
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The Japanese economy is close to stagnation, according to revisions to official figures yesterday that cut the estimate of GDP growth to just 0.1 per cent.
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Japan is expected to report fewer babies  born in 2007, a government report said on Tuesday, kicking off  the new year with a bleak reminder of the long-term risks the  economy faces as its population ages at an unprecedented pace.
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TOKYO,  - Japan&#39;s cabinet adopted an austere 798 billion-dollar budget for the year to March 2006 amid concerns over the country&#39;s economic health and outlook as key export growth slows.
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TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Economic forecasters beware: Japanese women are cutting their hair again.
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A sharp increase in the number of aged people in the coming decades will enormously slow down Australia&#39;s economic growth and increase health spending, an official report released on Thursday said.