Japan - The Age of Decay

Japanese bus company tilts to survive population fall

I was intrigued by this curious headline in The Japan Times “Bus group Ryobi sets up forex fund to survive population fall”. It turns out this 114-year-old bus operator in rural Japan, is setting up an AI-powered forex hedge fund to diversify from its traditional business, which is being impacted by the consistent decline in […]

Japan’s Prime Minister warns that societal functions may falter

By Shamil Ismail / 23/03/2023 / 1 minute of reading

In January 2023, the Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida said the the government must take urgent steps to tackle the country’s declining birth rate, saying it was “now or never” for the world’s oldest society. Alarmingly, the Prime Minister admitted “Our nation is on the cusp of whether it can maintain its societal functions”. This is

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