, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States – and has examined how the incomes of older …

difficulties which are likely to arise with the ageing of OECD population structures. Japan has the fastest ageing population … structure in the OECD. In 1960 the proportion of the population aged 65 and over in Japan was 5 per cent. In 1985 this … understood in Japan, and the way in which the Japanese government and people are approaching this issue is of interest to other …