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POPULATION DECLINE 2

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 4, 2022
A race against time to save Japan’s traditional homes
It takes a village to save the dwindling expressions of Japan's quintessential folk architecture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2015
The demographic challenge
Worrying about the coming population decline in advanced countries is a meaningless diversion from the far more serious issues raised by the developing world's population explosion.
EDITORIALS
Aug 19, 2015
Efforts for regional revitalization
The administrative ability of prefectural governors is being tested by the efforts to revitalize the areas they are serving.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2014
Wildlife totals heading down
Global warming, invasive species, pollution and new diseases — all human-generated problems — have contributed to an average 52 percent decline in the populations of more than 3,000 species of wildlife in 40 years.
EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2014
The population downtrend
Japan's demographic woes continue as January-June figures indicate that the number of deaths will likely outnumber births at a pace faster than in the previous year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2014
Empowering elderly people key to Japan's growth: ADB think tank chief
Empowering elderly people in Japan's aging society is the key to reviving and sustaining economic growth in the world's third-largest economy, according to the head of a think tank unit of the Asian Development Bank.
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2013
Services for depopulated areas
As the population in Japan's countryside rapidly declines, an advisory body to the prime minister proposes intercity cooperation to maintain public services.

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