Commentary / Japan Feb 14, 2019
The 100-year life and public pension reform
by Hisakazu Kato
Is it possible for people who live to 100 to receive sufficient pension benefits for 35 years?
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Commentary / Japan Feb 13, 2019
Japan's women need more than office jobs
by Nobuko Kobayashi
If the country wants to slow its population decline, it must abolish its two-track labor system.
Reference | FYI Feb 12, 2019
Japanese companies warming up — slowly — to four-day workweek
by Masumi Koizumi
Once synonymous with long work hours, Japanese companies are beginning to embrace — or at least consider — the idea of a four-day workweek. Although the concept is nothing new and the number of companies adopting the system fluctuates, it is increasing over the long ...
Editorials Feb 7, 2019
The government needs to assess why the measures it introduced to stem the population flow into Tokyo are not having their intended effects and explore more effective steps to address the problem.
National Feb 5, 2019
Japan to allow online medication consultations with pharmacists from 2020
Pharmacists will likely be allowed to hold online consultations with patients about their medication from April 2020, reflecting the rising demand for in-home medical care among the country's rapidly graying population, officials said Tuesday. The central government already allows doctors to conduct online consultations, and ...
National Feb 5, 2019
Aso told reporters he would retract the remark “if it caused misunderstanding” but didn’t elaborate on what he had intended to say.
Commentary / Japan Feb 4, 2019
by Yumiko Murakami
Extending the working lives of the elderly by offering better employment conditions is a top priority for Japan.
Commentary / Japan Feb 1, 2019
Addressing Japan's demographic problems
by Haruaki Deguchi
Japan should explore every conceivable policy measure to create a society that has the most favorable conditions in the world for giving birth and raising children.
Commentary / Japan Feb 1, 2019
Japan should let Naomi Osaka play doubles
by Adam Minter
This would be a good moment for Asian countries to recognize the economic value of allowing dual citizenship.
Editorials Jan 26, 2019
Demographic pressure is reaching crisis proportions in communities across Japan. It's time to act.
World / Social Issues Jan 21, 2019
"Norway needs more children! I don't think I need to tell anyone how this is done," Norway's prime minister said cheekily, but she was raising a real concern. Too few babies are being born in the Nordic region. The countries were long a bastion of ...
Our Lives | JAPAN LITE Jan 20, 2019
Be it ever so graying, there's no place like home
by Amy Chavez
On a recent bus trip in Indonesia, I struck up a conversation with the man sitting next to me who told me he was Malaysian but living in Australia, which prompted me to admit that I was American but living in Japan. This seemed ...