Editorials Jan 22, 2019
Repeat offenses by the nation's elderly population are an increasingly serious problem that demands attention and action.
National Nov 5, 2018
Think tank says applicants for planned blue-collar visas should have college degrees
by Kazuaki Nagata
A newly launched think tank researching policies for accepting more foreign workers said Monday that as a condition for new visa statuses currently being discussed in the Diet, the government should require prospective applicants to have a college degree. The Research Institute for Embracement of ...
Editorials Jun 26, 2018
Action must be taken now to ensure the supply of nursing care workers meets the rapidly rising demand.
Commentary / World May 30, 2018
Making the most of Asia's aging populations
by Lee Jong-Wha
With the right policies, Asian economies can mitigate the risks of this demographic trend and capitalize on their "silver dividend" to become more productive, resilient and dynamic than ever.
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Apr 14, 2018
Japan faces up to the prospect of losing a middle-class war
by Michael Hoffman
Modern middle-class life, you could reasonably argue, generates more happiness among more people than any other ever conceived. It has been extravagantly derided — as bourgeois, soulless, spiritless, narrow, boring, mindlessly acquisitive and so on. But back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, ...
Commentary / Japan Oct 2, 2017
Japan has to spend a little less on its well-off elderly
by Noah Smith
Lowering pension and medical benefits to well-off elderly people looks like Japan's least-bad option to rein in its debt.
Commentary / Japan Aug 20, 2017
Japan's booming and now needs more immigrants
by Daniel Moss
Japan is favoring more machines over increased immigration to bolster its dwindling workforce, but that solution won't increase domestic consumption.
Editorials Jan 10, 2017
As the rapid graying of Japan's population continues, a proposal has been made to redefine the "elderly" age to be in line with people's changing perceptions as to when their golden years begin. In the face of mushrooming social security costs in an aging ...
Commentary / World Aug 1, 2016
Brexit vote demonstrated the power of the old
by Narayana Kocherlakota
Seniors have a unique set of interests and understanding of economic trade-offs — all of which policymakers ignore at their peril.
Commentary / World Jan 5, 2016
Social engineering backfires on graying China
by Curtis S. Chin
China's powerful bureaucrats are finding that human behavior cannot be fully controlled or predicted.
Editorials Nov 2, 2015
The one-child policy may be gone in China, but the the one-child mentality remains.
Editorials Oct 18, 2015
The Abe administration needs to take concrete steps to stem the flow of people who quit their jobs because they must care for ailing relatives.