Workers in Japan estimated to decrease 12% by 2030 as society grays
The number of workers in Japan will fall by 7.9 million, or 12.4 percent, to 55.61 million from 2014 to 2030 if the graying country fails to attain economic growth and bring more women and the elderly into the workforce, a government estimate has ...
Abe convenes panel to tackle low birthrate, aging population
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has tasked the panel of intellectuals and Cabinet members with providing ideas to overcome the demographics conundrum.
Abe counts on Kato to reverse sliding birthrate, labor exodus in aging Japan
Prime Minister Abe is counting on his new minister in charge of population decline to inspire imitators. He’s a father of four.
Young single Japanese less keen to have children
More single people in their 20s say they don’t want any children, think it’s costly and exhausting to raise them, and show little interest in kids in general, according to a new survey.
North Korea has installed cycle lanes on major thoroughfares running through Pyongyang in an apparent bid to cut down on pedestrian accidents, as more people have the cash to spend on bicycles to get around. Bicycles are an expensive but popular mode of transport for ...
The government is coming up short in developing fresh ideas to halt the population exodus to the big metropolitan areas.
The country’s population, excluding foreign residents, totaled 126,163,576 as of Jan. 1, signaling the biggest decline since the current population survey started in 1968.
Time to banish old people to the countryside?
I couldn't help but gasp upon reading the Japan Policy Council's new recommendations to help take the aging population burden off Tokyo: "Encourage the elderly to move to the countryside, where the facilities are less crowded and there are more spaces for those ...
Improving the employment situation for young people and working mothers is key to raising the nation's birthrate.
The horrific incident shocked the nation when it went viral in China earlier this month: a woman dragged from her car, thrown to the ground and kicked repeatedly in the face and head in a case of road rage in Sichuan. And it was hardly ...
Japan Cabinet minister wary of opening 'Pandora's box' of immigration
The country should fix its shrinking workforce by enabling women to work, before turning to the “Pandora’s box” of immigration, the minister for the empowerment of women said.
Slum in shadows of Seoul's glitzy Gangnam district will likely soon be demolished
Close by the luxury high-rises of Seoul's most expensive neighborhood, 80-year-old Kim Ok-nyo burns charcoal to heat her two-room shack in Guryong, a shantytown of 2,000 residents. Demolition of Guryong, the last slum in Seoul's glitzy Gangnam district, is expected to start this summer after ...
