and inflation could spiral further. Demographics is one of the biggest forces shaping Japan’s economy. The country’s ...

Governments can control interest rates and inflation rates ... This is as good a snapshot as any of Japan's demographic crisis. There are hundreds of communities here, fading like Ichinono.

Japans annual wholesale inflation slowed in May, driven by declining import prices for raw materials, offering temporary ...

Japan’s estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight ... a sluggish economy and high inflation have contributed to public discontent, experts say. The government, however, has ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

TOKYO--An uptick in inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area and solid outturns in other key Japanese economic data support the Bank of Japan's plan ... and aging population, to continue to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's consumer inflation rate likely picked up in ... Aug. 22), and the finance ministry will announce the trade statistics at 8:50 a.m. on Aug. 21 (2350 GMT, Aug. 20).

Depopulation in Japan’s countryside shows biodiversity declines even when people leave, urging smarter land use to protect ...

Inflation has been above 2% every month ... thanks to demographic and generational changes. As Japan’s working-age population shrinks, the competition for talent is heating up.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's consumer inflation rate likely picked up for ... 21), and the finance ministry will announce the trade statistics at 8:50 a.m. on Sept. 18 (2350 GMT, Sept.