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Japan: Implications of the Population Crisis

Written byTomomi Sasaki
Posted 1 July 2009 14:24 GMT

Ian Wright at Japanian analyzes the implications of the diminishing population in Japan from an economic, political, and military point of view.

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  • Pingback: Korean Gender Reader: July 13 2009 « The Grand Narrative

    […] 16) Korea is to become most aged society in OECD by 2050. Also:The Hankyoreh has an editorial on how its record-breaking low birth rate – “unparalleled to anywhere else in the world” – requires employment policy revisions; there is a list of related recent articles at the Hub of Sparkle! here; and Japanian writes on the implications of the aging and shrinking Japanese population, with obvious parallels in Korea (via Global Voices). […]

    14 July 2009, 5:26 am

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