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Japan is No longer Asia's fastest-aging nation
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CNBC
Taiwan is set to surpass Japan as Asia's fastest aging nation this decade, experts warn, as a dwindling labor force poses a structural challenge to economic growth.
"An imminent issue Taiwan will face is population aging, it seems the aging trend is unfolding faster than forecasted," Soc...
Taiwan is set to surpass Japan as Asia's fastest aging nation this decade, experts warn, as a dwindling labor force poses a structural challenge to economic growth.
"An imminent issue Taiwan will face is population aging, it seems the aging trend is unfolding faster than forecasted," Soc...
- January 23, 2015
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Japan's Prime Minister rejects IS demand for hostage ransom
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RTE NEWS
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to stand firm after the Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese nationals, saying he would not freeze a multi-million dollar aid package.
His remarks were made several hours after the jihadist group released a video threatening ...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to stand firm after the Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese nationals, saying he would not freeze a multi-million dollar aid package.
His remarks were made several hours after the jihadist group released a video threatening ...
- January 23, 2015
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Restart of Japan's largest nuclear plant still in doubt
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REUTERS
The influential governor of a Japanese region rebuffed on Tuesday pleas by Tokyo Electric Power to restart the world's largest nuclear plant, saying the utility had not atoned for the disaster at its Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011.
Governor Hirohiko Izumida of Niigata prefecture is a...
The influential governor of a Japanese region rebuffed on Tuesday pleas by Tokyo Electric Power to restart the world's largest nuclear plant, saying the utility had not atoned for the disaster at its Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011.
Governor Hirohiko Izumida of Niigata prefecture is a...
- January 8, 2015
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Seven cool things set to happen in Japan during 2015
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JAPAN TODAY
While 2014 was a pretty good year for us, we’re already looking to the year ahead, which is already promising seven cool happenings for Japan in 2015.
1. Opening of the new Shinkansen line
Japan may have a reasonably priced overnight bus network and well-maintained highways, but...
While 2014 was a pretty good year for us, we’re already looking to the year ahead, which is already promising seven cool happenings for Japan in 2015.
1. Opening of the new Shinkansen line
Japan may have a reasonably priced overnight bus network and well-maintained highways, but...
- January 8, 2015
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Japan Wants To Sell Sub-Hunting Jet To British Under New Military Exports Policy
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
Japan wants to sell the United Kingdom its P-1 submarine-hunting jet aircraft, in one of the first efforts to export arms following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s move last April to ease Japan’s strict military export rules, according to a Reuters exclusive, citing sou...
Japan wants to sell the United Kingdom its P-1 submarine-hunting jet aircraft, in one of the first efforts to export arms following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s move last April to ease Japan’s strict military export rules, according to a Reuters exclusive, citing sou...
- January 8, 2015
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Japan’s birth rate problem is way worse than anyone imagined
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WASHINGTON POST
Japan’s population shrank by its largest amount on record in 2014. Roughly 1.001 million people were born and 1.269 million people died last year, leaving the country with 268,000 fewer people overall.
Japan’s declining population has a powerful impact on its economic situatio...
Japan’s population shrank by its largest amount on record in 2014. Roughly 1.001 million people were born and 1.269 million people died last year, leaving the country with 268,000 fewer people overall.
Japan’s declining population has a powerful impact on its economic situatio...
- January 8, 2015
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Impact of Japan's shrinking population 'already palpable'
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DW.DE
Japan's population continues to shrink, and perhaps at a faster rate than expected. Last year, the estimated number of newborn babies slumped to 1,001,000, an all-time low for the fourth straight year, according to recently released data by the country's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry...
Japan's population continues to shrink, and perhaps at a faster rate than expected. Last year, the estimated number of newborn babies slumped to 1,001,000, an all-time low for the fourth straight year, according to recently released data by the country's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry...
- January 8, 2015
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System planned to improve young workers’ job situation
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The government plans to establish a system to certify companies actively engaged in hiring young people as regular employees or continually hiring them in a bill to be submitted to the ordinary Diet session, to be convened on Jan. 26, according to sources.
The system is aimed a...
The government plans to establish a system to certify companies actively engaged in hiring young people as regular employees or continually hiring them in a bill to be submitted to the ordinary Diet session, to be convened on Jan. 26, according to sources.
The system is aimed a...
- January 8, 2015
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Japan finally has full squad together at practice
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Five days before kicking off defense of the Asian Cup, Japan finally has its full squad together at practice.
Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki and Sagan Tosu forward Yohei Toyoda rejoined their teammates in training at the Samurai Blue’s base camp here Wednesday after ...
Five days before kicking off defense of the Asian Cup, Japan finally has its full squad together at practice.
Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki and Sagan Tosu forward Yohei Toyoda rejoined their teammates in training at the Samurai Blue’s base camp here Wednesday after ...
- January 8, 2015
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Outlook 2015 / Let’s think about the past, present and future
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THE JAPAN NEWS
By Takashi Yamakoshi / Yomiuri Shimbun City News Editor
“I was not able to tell anybody what I had witnessed for nearly 70 years, because I had a kind of guilty feeling over the fact that all my family members survived,” says Sumiko Akazawa, 84. She and four other family members ...
By Takashi Yamakoshi / Yomiuri Shimbun City News Editor
“I was not able to tell anybody what I had witnessed for nearly 70 years, because I had a kind of guilty feeling over the fact that all my family members survived,” says Sumiko Akazawa, 84. She and four other family members ...
- January 8, 2015
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