More than 1 in 10 people in #Japan are aged 80 or over. Here's how its ageing population is reshaping the country

Japan's population crisis

Japan confronts a stark reality: a nation of old people

Commentary: Japan has an ‘enshortification’ problem

Japan remains the world’s third largest economy by nominal GDP. Despite decades of slow growth, Japan continues to lead in advanced manufacturing, robotics, automotive production, and high technology exports. Tokyo is also one of the largest metropolitan economies globally. This matters because Japan combines economic scale with social stability. It has one of the world’s highest life expectancies and one of the lowest crime rates among developed nations. What’s changing is demographics. Japan’s

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