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...
Look at the size of this monster compared to Gardening Cook, Jennie Ayala’s nail. That is a big bumble! Have you thought about what you can do to help the declining bee population? I’d love to hear your comments below.
First, we can look at the annual growth rates of each country for the first two years. Country A is growing at a modest rate that is declining over the three years. Country B is growing rapidly and at an increasing rate. This is not unusual for large, mature countries and emerging-mark...
More than 80% of Taiwan’s population lives in urban areas with dense food demand. Is there urban farming in the idle space of the city? For example, are urban farms in the corners of urban buildings, on balconies, rooftops, parks, and on the roofs of buildings? How large are they?
How Much Is U.S. Spending on the Military? In 2023, the U.S. spent $916 billion on the military. The country with the next highest amount was China, at $296 billion.8 What Percent of U.S. GDP Is Spent on the Military?
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...
- Springer Japan 被引量: 7发表: 2002年 DEALING WITH CHINA'S FUTURE POPULATION DECLINE: A PROPOSAL FOR REPLACING LOW BIRTH RATES WITH SUSTAINABLE RATES Decreasing population levels due to declining birth rates are becoming a potentially serious social problem in developed and rapidly developing ...
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...
(1of2)LikeU.S.firms,Japanesefirmsdeterminebasesalarieslargelybyclassificationofpositions.Seniorityhastwoeffects:Eachpositionhasminimumagerequirementsinadditiontoeducationalrequirements.Astheemployeegainsseniority,eligibletomoveup.Seniorityfactorsintopaydecisions,butatadecliningrate,diminishingafterage45.CompensationinJapan(...
While much of China's total steel production is domestically consumed, they are also the world's largest exporter of steel. In 2023, China exported 94.5 million tons of steel, far exceeding steel exports in the previous three years.4