Japan Gone Grey
This week Global Business is in Japan, a country that is growing old fast. In addition it’s population is shrinking too. Peter Day reports on Japan’s plans for dealing with the problem.
This year Japan’s baby boomers all reach retirement age, 65. Not a problem in the past when the young were able to take their place. But now young people aren’t having babies due to lack of employment and the elderly are living at least 20 years beyond retirement but most Japanese people live for at least another 20 years. Peter Day reports from Tokyo and Shikoku Island on how the Japanese are managing a problem that will soon be a problem for us all.
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