Photo by: DeepSkyBlue Creative Commons With a population of over 35 million, the Tokyo metropolitan area is the largest urban area on the planet. This means that one in every four Japanese citizens resides in Tokyo; however, it is speculated that Tokyo's
By using grid cells it is straightforward to (i) integrate remote sensing, geographic information system (GIS), and statistical data within the cells; (ii) quantify land-cover changes in terms of the percentage of area affected and rates of change and compare them with population census data;...
In 1965, only 35% of the population was connected to the sewage treatment system. The percentage grew rapidly, reaching 93% by 1990 and 100% by 1995. The surrounding area was at 99% coverage by 2015. Toilets in Japan They inspect the system with cameras, and use rigid vinyl chloride lin...
_/bibliographic _text Persons aged 65 and over comprise 15 percent of the population of Japan and by the year 2025, thirty-three million individuals, 27 percent of the population, will be aged 65 and over. This percentage is considerably higher than estimates for the United States and Europe...
Tokyo, a bustling metropolis aglow with neon lights, is an image of the throughly modern Japan. With almost 38 million people living in Tokyo and the surrounding urban area, the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world. While this large number of inhabitants can be ...
If anything, it’s a natural if not intended byproduct of the BOJ’s rate hikes, one could that help counteract an ongoing labor shortage as the country’s population ages and shrinks. “Japan’s economy is reaching a turning point and we need a change in mindset,” said Naoki Hattori...
Japan's labor shortage is real. With an unemployment rate of just 2.8% there are at least 1.5 jobs for every applicant. As Japan's population ages and shrinks just what are these shops, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses to do. Read more about this in my article in Majirox News,...
To deal with the impact of human mobility, we resorted to Google’s COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports33, which provides three data-streams on movement in Tokyo: “residual”, “retail and recreation”, and “workplace”. All measures quantify the percentage of deviation from a baseline ...
As of Wednesday, 26.3% of the Japanese population has been fully vaccinated. The percentage of the elderly who are fully vaccinated is 70%, or 24.8 million people. Dr. Norio Ohmagari, director of the Disease Control and Prevention Center, said Tokyo’s surge is “heading toward an explosi...
[COOPERA], a health care support system, has been launched in a collaboration between Kanagawa prefectural government and LINE Corporation [14], the provider of Japan's largest mobile messenger application with 83 million monthly active users, accounting for 65% of Japan's total population. In...