Japan Is Facing a Demographics Disaster. What Will PM Suga Do About It?
It is particularly disappointing that Suga, in describing his policy plans, has missed the opportunity to introduce policy “arrows” to deal with the country’s aging demographics.
Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at the National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, the New York-based communications firm. His latest book is Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.
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