Population declining and aging is what Japan has never experienced before. While its impacts on economy and society attract public attentions, its impacts on the environment do not. Since many Japanese cities are active to achieve their ambitious targets in CO2 emissions reduction, it is worth to...
Once a company's social identity is negatively impacted, it is very hard to bring back into a positive light. It is for this reason and the effect it has on the bottom line that a company must always safeguard its social identity. One of the most famous examples of social identity is t...
How real is the problem of a declining bee population? There is a lot of talk about a declining bee population but how real is this problem? During the last six years, the die off of bees, who are primarily responsible for pollination, has become quite dramatic. This phenomenon is known ...
Why productivity growth is declining in advanced economies Two waves have dragged down productivity growth by 1.9 percentage points on average across countries since the mid-2000s (Exhibit 3). The waning of a boom that began in the 1990s with the first information and communications technology (IC...
Investing in farming can be a good strategic move. No matter what is happening in the overall economy, people still have to eat. Because of this, many investors regard agriculture and farming investments as being relatively recession-proof. Further, as the world's population increases, farming ...
Overall, the number of colleges in the U.S. is shrinking, particularly in the for-profit sector. When it comes to determining how many colleges and universities are in the U.S., it's a number in flux. The short answer: There were 3,982 degree-granting postsecon...
West Virginia has faced economic struggles recently due to the declining coal industry. While efforts are ongoing to diversify the economy, the state has a relatively small population and faces workforce limitations. These factors can pose a significant challenge for businesses dependent on a large cu...
And while it’s true that losing a World War is bad news, Japan and Germany got to much the same result by quite different routes. For example, German society was devastated twice in the 20th Century, while Japan’s spectacular stock market recovery was famously derailed by a contemporarybur...
aOne-child policy has been adapted as an essential policy in China from 1980s. When the total population is increasing and death rate is declining, the problem of aged population becomes more and more urgent for us to deal with. Who and how to take care of the seniors has aroused widely...
This chapter is in the book The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia 1675Pension Issues in JapanHow Can We Cope with the Declining Population?Noriyuki Takayama5.1 IntroductionJapan already has the oldest population in the world. It has built generous social security programs. In...