Economist (November 18)
2010/ 11/ 22 by jd in Global News
“Unless Japan takes dramatic steps to re-energise its shrinking, greying workforce, its economy will suffer.” European countries are also grappling with these issues and soon they will affect China, South Korea and Taiwan. The biggest lesson Japan can “teach the world is about the growth-sapping effects of ageing.” By tackling its demographic problems, Japan “has a chance of being a model of how to deal with ageing, rather than a dreadful warning.”
