Job perks on rise in Japan as labor crunch reshapes how companies attract workers
Misaki Harada wants to quit her job as a receptionist at a restaurant management company in Tokyo and move into marketing for an apparel-maker. But the 24-year-old said she wanted more than just a bigger paycheck. Her next employer would need to improve her quality ...
Japan eyes accepting more foreign workers in manufacturing industry
The idea has emerged as the government is devising a new residential status to accept more foreign workers amid the shrinking working-age population.
Tokyo still world's largest city but Delhi forecast to pass it in 10 years
For now, Tokyo is still the world's largest city with 37 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, according to data released by the United Nations. But its population has plateaued and is projected to begin declining around 2020, while Delhi continues to ascend and is ...
Japan population declines at fastest pace yet, with only Tokyo seeing significant growth
While the country's rapidly graying demographics again headlined the internal affairs ministry's latest census, the annual report also highlighted the fact that only the Tokyo area is seeing significant population growth, due primarily to an influx of younger people. At the same time, a larger ...
Aging Japan: Akita Prefecture provides glimpse of country's graying future
On a recent weekday morning, a group of men in their 70s and 80s gathered for baseball practice just down the road from a junior high school where students were arriving to start the day. At full strength, the Shimohama Club baseball team's 33 players ...
What's so good about Japan's demography?
The nation's labor force is shrinking, educated and dedicated — attributes that match the needs of a knowledge-based economy
The Diet enacts a new law to promote the use of unclaimed land in the public interest as more properties are expected to become available amid a decreasing population.
Births sink to record low of 946,060 as deaths surge and marriage dims
Births sank to record low of 946,060 in 2017 as deaths surged and marriages sank, government data show.
As the nation grays, the cost of covering pensions and health care will rise from ¥121.3 trillion this year to around ¥190 trillion in fiscal 2040, the government says.
Japan's Financial Services Agency to allow banks to shut on weekdays
The Financial Services Agency plans to allow banks to shut on weekdays by easing a regulation covering the days they can stay closed. Since 1890, Japan has limited such days to weekends, national holidays, New Year's Eve and the first three days of the year. ...
Japan's child population shrinks to 15.53 million, setting another record low
The number of children in Japan fell for the 37th consecutive year to yet another record low, signaling that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to combat the low birthrate are still wanting. There were 15.53 million Japanese and other children in the nation as of ...
Japan's population shrinks for seventh consecutive year as it falls to 126.70 million
Japan's population fell for a seventh consecutive year in 2017, with people 65 or over accounting for a record 27.7 percent of the total, government data showed Friday. According to the World Health Organization, a country is considered an "aging society" when the proportion of ...
