Japan is having the first go at solving the demographic problem that all countries will have to face if we’re going to deal with the issue of only having one planet.And I hope they find a way to be successful with it. Because a future of declining populations is the only thing that’s compatible with a high standard of living for all. We need Japan to show us how to get there, and what mistakes not to make on the way.
As someone said up-thread, the solution to the problem cannot be for the industrialised nations to asset-strip the developing world of human capital to deal with their ageing population.
