Our Lives | JAPAN LITE Jul 24, 2016
Cruel wind of circumstance blows islanders’ plans off course
by Amy Chavez
The story of how one small accident heralded the abrupt end of a seafaring lineage.
National | CHUBU CONNECTION Jul 4, 2016
Gifu town looks to share-house initiative to meet depopulation challenge
A small village in central Japan facing depopulation has renovated an empty home into a share house in a bid to attract young women who want to experience life in the countryside. The village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, hopes that through the experience, some visitors ...
Editorials Jul 1, 2016
Young people need to realize that the policies affecting their own future will be determined by the elections in which they may or may not be taking part.
Voices | VIEWS FROM THE STREET Jun 8, 2016
Views from Tokyo students: How will you decide how to vote in next month's election?
by Mark Buckton
Hosei University students about the issues that could determine how they vote in July's House of Councilors election, the first in which Japanese 18- and 19-year-olds will be able to cast ballots.
Commentary / Japan May 29, 2016
Japan won't go quietly into the night as population falls
by Anthony Fensom
For a nation that rebuilt itself from the ashes of war, the modern challenge of repopulation should surely not prove impossible.
Business | YEN FOR LIVING May 21, 2016
Whither the taxi in a withering Japan?
by Philip Brasor and Masako Tsubuku
Taxi revenues have been dropping steadily in recent years mainly due to demographic changes, but their main problem is handling moment-to-moment supply and demand.
National / Social Issues May 16, 2016
G-7 summit may put Japan's depopulation woes in limelight
by Itsuro Onishi
In a town just a stone throw from the site of the Group of Seven summit taking center stage next week in Shima, Mie Prefecture, a crisis is afoot: the depopulation of a once vibrant community. The elderly who live in Daiochofunakoshi, a 20-minute drive ...
Commentary / Japan Apr 18, 2016
Looking at migration as an opportunity to be managed
by William Barriga
Japan's demographic trend can't be cured quickly. It has to be managed creatively.
Our Lives | JAPAN LITE Mar 27, 2016
Seto Inland Sea island finds salvation through art, but on its residents' own terms
by Amy Chavez
Until recently facing a shrinking, aging population, Ogijima is growing thanks to its thriving community-based art scene.
Editorials Mar 2, 2016
The latest census confirms that the population is on the decline, and the government needs to get cracking on ways to keep the nation viable in the decades to come.
Our Lives | JAPAN LITE Feb 29, 2016
Alarm over the death of a doctor ripples across the Seto Inland Sea
by Amy Chavez
The death of the island's only doctor has come as a major shock to the islanders of Shiraishi and beyond.
Editorials Feb 21, 2016
Freezing a woman's eggs so she can give birth later in life opens up important questions that should be addressed before the technology becomes even more widespread.