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japan population decline
![Japan’s Population Crisis Nears Point of No Return Japan’s Population Crisis Nears Point of No Return](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-27-150842.jpg)
Japan’s Population Crisis Nears Point of No Return
By Thisanka Siripala
Japan’s population decline is following the worst-case scenario, prompting the government to devise urgent policies to incentivize more births.
![Japan’s Lesson for the World: Robots Won’t Save Us Japan’s Lesson for the World: Robots Won’t Save Us](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-13-145433.jpg)
Japan’s Lesson for the World: Robots Won’t Save Us
By Paul Christensen
Rethinking Japan’s global relevance in the 21st century.
![Japan’s New Housing Policy to Reduce Abandoned Homes Falls Below National Target Japan’s New Housing Policy to Reduce Abandoned Homes Falls Below National Target](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-rene-deanda-xvdtpvmyyuu-unsplash.jpg)
Japan’s New Housing Policy to Reduce Abandoned Homes Falls Below National Target
By Thisanka Siripala
As aging Japan tries to reduce the number of empty houses through a subsidized housing initiative, the plan has been met with disinterest.
![Can the Japan Self-Defense Force Age Gracefully? Can the Japan Self-Defense Force Age Gracefully?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-thediplomat-5742986-s.jpg)
Can the Japan Self-Defense Force Age Gracefully?
By Yoshimitsu Sato
How the JSDF should adapt to a shrinking population and an aging society in Japan.
![Japan's Migrant Worker Conundrum Japan's Migrant Worker Conundrum](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-14_16-49-27.jpg)
Japan's Migrant Worker Conundrum
By Dennis McCornac and Rong Zhang
A look at the challenges faced by Chinese migrant workers in Japan's construction industry.
![A Checkup for Japan’s ‘Womenomics’ Policy A Checkup for Japan’s ‘Womenomics’ Policy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-26_06-42-15.jpg)
A Checkup for Japan’s ‘Womenomics’ Policy
By Clint Richards
Abe touts his policy at the U.N., although its implementation will need to overcome cultural barriers.
![Shinzo Abe’s Big Plans for the Coming Diet Session Shinzo Abe’s Big Plans for the Coming Diet Session](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-16_12-43-31.jpg)
Shinzo Abe’s Big Plans for the Coming Diet Session
By Clint Richards
The Japanese prime minister has his eye on tax reform and Japan’s looming population crisis.
![Japan’s Agriculture Dilemma Japan’s Agriculture Dilemma](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-02_07-03-06.jpg)
Japan’s Agriculture Dilemma
By Clint Richards
Achieving large-scale agriculture is an imperative, yet political opposition is formidable.
![Abenomics Structural Reform ‘Arrow’ Faltering Abenomics Structural Reform ‘Arrow’ Faltering](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-10_07-41-25.jpg)
Abenomics Structural Reform ‘Arrow’ Faltering
By Clint Richards
Abe’s proposed population and agricultural reforms lack the systemic change needed to solve entrenched problems.
![Expectation Feeds Abenomics Expectation Feeds Abenomics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-02_08-22-04.jpg)
Expectation Feeds Abenomics
By Clint Richards
Government hints and investor speculation are fueling anticipation surrounding structural reform.
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