Japan Gone Grey
Japan is ageing faster than anywhere else, and the population is shrinking too. Peter Day reports on how the Japanese are coping.
Japan is ageing faster than anywhere else, and the population is shrinking. 2012 is the crunch year as many of their baby boomers reach retirement age. How will Japan manage an economy where their healthy pensioners might survive at least another 20 years and younger citizens don't seem to want to have children? So how will Japan cope and who will pay the bill?
Last on
Contributors to this programme:
Atsushi Seiki
President, Keio University, Tokyo
Noriko Hama
Professor of Economics, School of Management,
Doshisha University, Kyoto
Kuniko Inoguchi
MP
Tomoji Yokoishi, Irodori
Florian Coulmas
Director, German Institute for Japanese Studies
William Saito
Founder & CEO, InTecur, K.K.
Broadcasts
- Thu 26 Jul 2012 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 29 Jul 2012 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Featured in...
![]()
Japan
A collection of programmes and clips relating to Japan
Download this programme
Subscribe to this programme or download individual episodes.