The world’s population is growing older, leading us into uncharted demographic waters. There will be higher absolute numbers of elderly people, a larger share of elderly, longer healthy life expectancies, and relatively fewer numbers of working-age people. There are alarmist views – both...

In order to cope with Japan's globally unprecedented ageing population, it is extremely important to promote the employment of older people. By taking advantage of the strong motivation among Japanese older people to continue working, Japan will be able to establish a lifelong active society in...

In what follows our intention is to survey the state of the labor market in Japan on the basis of statistical data and the findings of extant studies. We have chosen to focus on four of the many features of the Japanese labor market that are important for an understanding of macroeconomic...