Japan making efforts to address expected pilot shortage in 2030
The government, airlines and academia are trying to expand the nation's pool of future pilots to cope with expected manpower shortages that could reduce flight services. Concern is growing as the large number of pilots now in their late 40s recruited during Japan's bubble economy ...
Japan's glut of abandoned homes: Hard to sell but bargains when opportunity knocks
Realtor Yuken Kon specializes in properties most of his peers steer clear of. Take a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor of an aging, five-story Soviet-style danchi complex in the quiet outskirts of Yokohama. It belonged to a divorcee in her 60s who jumped to her ...
Land ownership riddles in aging Japan come at a cost, stifle economy
When Sparx Green Energy & Technology, a renewable energy firm, found an ideal plot of land on which to build a solar panel factory, there was a catch. The three people on public record as the owners of the land had died years earlier. What ...
What can we do to make a bright future for Japan?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to increase day care capacity fall far short of Japan's needs. Answers might be found overseas.
Only capping the enrollment capacity at universities in Tokyo will not guarantee that more youths will choose schools outside of the metropolitan area.
Make giving birth easier in Japan
The government should do more to make child delivery a less painful process, both financially and physically.
Why Japan's low birth rate makes economic sense
Japan's shrinking population may present a hidden advantage to navigating this century's artificial intelligence revolution.
Airport hits sweet spot as honey proves to be runway success
Can sticky stuff stop the young leaving a small city in Shimane and bring in visitors too?
Small Saitama town embraces sharing economy in bid to battle demographic drain
Yokoze, a quiet, scenic town of around 8,400 in the mountainous Chichibu region in Saitama Prefecture, isn't immune to the sweeping demographic change impacting hundreds of rural municipalities across Japan. The town's population has been shrinking for the past two decades as its residents age. ...
Rich nations need to find a cure for baby bust
Child-care subsidies and paid parental leave boost fertility rates by reducing the economic and opportunity costs of having children.
The government and political parties need to offer the public convincing explanations on how the social security system can be sustained.
Unclaimed land to cost Japan ¥6 trillion and extend to 90% size of Hokkaido by 2040
Economic losses due to the neglect of unclaimed land could reach ¥6 trillion in about 20 years, according to research analysis.
