Japan stems rate of population decline, but growing pension burden looms

Japan’s population will fall nearly a third by 2065, with almost 40 per cent aged 65 or older and the working population labouring under a tougher pension burden, although the pace of population decline has slowed slightly, a government agency said yesterday. Solutions to Japan’s population slide have eluded policymakers for decades, putting finances under growing pressure as demand for pensions surges. In 2015, the government established a new Cabinet minister with the task of keeping the population from slipping below...