Japan is embarked on a demographic transition without precedent in human history: the population is both declining and … for the settlement pattern of the country, and this, in turn, will affect Japan's ability to sustain economic growth and … growth that a "super-ageing" Japan will need in order to maintain its future prosperity. The Japanese authorities have …

This book analyzes issues related to economic challenges for Japan’s regional revitalization. Japan’s responses to such … challenges and to the problem of an aging population are of deep interest to the nations outside of Japan. This book brings … together 19 articles contributed by Japan’s leading scholars, originally prepared for an online policy information portal …