Japan's demographic crisis

[Chris Burford]

The extreme concentration of capital in Japan and its partial sharing with 
the majority of the population has added a severe demographic problem to 
Japan's capitalist problem.

It needs labour power fast.

from

http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,644033,00.html

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500,000 off of the population every year until 2050, when one in three will 
be of retirement age.

If the trend continues to 2100, the number of Japanese will have halved and 
many vibrant cities will be ghost towns haunted only by the elderly because 
the country has the longest life expectancy on the planet.

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The United Nations says Japan needs 600,000 immigrants a year. But last 
year Japan accepted only 36 refugees and tightened its restrictions on 
entering the country.
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Chris Burford

London