JAPAN GOVT. RECORDS ITS CHILD POPULATION TO HIT LOWEST IN APRIL 2021

Highlights –

• Japan govt. records its child population to hit lowest in April 2021.
• As of April 1, the number of children aged 14 or younger stood at 14.93 million.
• In comparison with other age groups, children aged up to 2 accounted f...

JAPAN’S MANUFACTURING SECTOR HIRES FOREIGN WORKERS DUE TO AGING POPULATION

Highlights:

• The foreign workers count hits 1,658,804
• Aging population main reason behind hiring foreign laborers

The worker population in Japanese manufacturing industry saw a 13.6 per cent rise of foreign workers as compared to 2018...

MARGINAL VILLAGES BEING SAVED BY MILLENNIALS OPERATING MINSHUKU INNS

Highlights:

• Japan is faced with fast aging population, people are migrating to urban centers
• Young people are slowly foraying into tourism inns and contributing to save the country sides

Japan is battling reduced birth rates and fast...

FARMLANDS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE

The world’s third largest economy is facing the issue of an aging population. This has led to abandonment of viable agricultural lands. Seed Town Management, an Osaka based company has started renting these abandoned lands to urban dwellers in hopes of reviving agriculture. This is of advan...