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Japanese leaders have done nothing to increase immigration, nothing to ease the strain on working mothers and nothing to change a work-obsessed culture that keeps many young couples from having children.

Thursday 02nd October, 03:58 AM JST

Sadako Ogata, 81, who heads the Japan International Cooperation Agency. She says Japan has no leaders far-sighted enough to deal with the country’s demographic crisis. Japan has the world’s oldest population and is projected to lose up to 70% of its workforce by 2050. (Washington Post)

2 Comments

  • tmarie at 12:31 PM JST - 2nd October

    I wish this women was PM. Seems she knows what is going wrong with Japan. Shame the 81 year old men in the diet don't.

  • outofmydepth at 03:05 PM JST - 2nd October

    does she tell it like it is or what. yes, i agree. she SHOULD be PM!!!!! i truly wish she had a place in government.

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