Japan's Demography : The Incredible Shrinking Country
9/16/16
9/16/16
Summary:
The third-largest economy, Japan's, population is declining. It declined last year by a record of 244,000 people. Their population has been declining for years and is even aging faster than any other country. To fix this population decline, they are debating on having a mass immigration of 200,000 foreigners a year. The country would also have to raise their fertility rate from 1.39 to 2.07 to reach their goal. Their demographic dilemma grows more urgent each year. They are trying to figure out who will take care of the elderly if the population pyramid keeps inverting.
List Of Interesting/Important Facts:
1. Japan's population began falling in 2004.
2. More than 22% of Japanese are already 65 or older.
3. One of the first things Japan would need to do, says Kathy Matsui, cheif Japan equity stratuegist at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo, is make it easier for mothers to work.
4. Roughly 2% of Japan's population is foreign.
5. The 2012 government report said that without policy change, 2110 the number of Japanese could fall to 49.2m, just a third of its current population.
My Opinion:
I believe that Japan needs to find a solution quickly, especially because it is getting worse and worse each year. If there population continues to decline, there would be no one to fulfill jobs and to take care of the elderly. I believe adding more immigrants and increasing the fertility rates are practical ideas. At this point, those options are really the only ones that will cause a vast increase in population.
Bibliography:
"The Incredible Shrinking Country." The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 25 Mar. 2014. Web. 15 Sept. 2016
Link:
www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2014/03/japans-demography
The third-largest economy, Japan's, population is declining. It declined last year by a record of 244,000 people. Their population has been declining for years and is even aging faster than any other country. To fix this population decline, they are debating on having a mass immigration of 200,000 foreigners a year. The country would also have to raise their fertility rate from 1.39 to 2.07 to reach their goal. Their demographic dilemma grows more urgent each year. They are trying to figure out who will take care of the elderly if the population pyramid keeps inverting.
List Of Interesting/Important Facts:
1. Japan's population began falling in 2004.
2. More than 22% of Japanese are already 65 or older.
3. One of the first things Japan would need to do, says Kathy Matsui, cheif Japan equity stratuegist at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo, is make it easier for mothers to work.
4. Roughly 2% of Japan's population is foreign.
5. The 2012 government report said that without policy change, 2110 the number of Japanese could fall to 49.2m, just a third of its current population.
My Opinion:
I believe that Japan needs to find a solution quickly, especially because it is getting worse and worse each year. If there population continues to decline, there would be no one to fulfill jobs and to take care of the elderly. I believe adding more immigrants and increasing the fertility rates are practical ideas. At this point, those options are really the only ones that will cause a vast increase in population.
Bibliography:
"The Incredible Shrinking Country." The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 25 Mar. 2014. Web. 15 Sept. 2016
Link:
www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2014/03/japans-demography
9/22/16
Age Structure Has Changed Differently Across Regions Between 1970 and 2014
Summary:
This current event explains how the age structure has significantly changed in some areas from 1970 to 2014. In 1970, about one-half of the population was younger than 20. There was about an equal percentage for people who were between the ages of 20 and 64. Only five percent was over the age of 65. Now, those percentages have completely flipped. The global population for people who are younger than 20 dropped to 35 percent. The population for people that are in the range of 20-64 is about 58 percent. Lastly, ages 65 and older represent a percentage of about 7. It also tells how other countries, such as Africa, Oceania, and Asia still have some parts that are similar to the age structure of 1970.
List of Important/Interesting Facts:
1. Africa's current age structure of youth population is similar to the global average in 1970
2. This is a result of lower fertility rates and longer life expectancy.
My Opinion:
Having this change in age structure is not beneficial in some ways, mainly because their will not be enough young people to take care of the elderly. Since a lot of our elderly people were included in the baby boom, there will be a handful of them for our youth to support. We also need to maintain a good percentage of youth to fulfill jobs and other industries.
Link:
www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2014/wpds-2014-pyramids.aspx
Bibliography:
"Age Structure Has Changed Differently Across Regions Between 1970 and 2014." Age Structure Has Changed Differently Across Regions Between 1970 and 2014. N.p., 2013. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
This current event explains how the age structure has significantly changed in some areas from 1970 to 2014. In 1970, about one-half of the population was younger than 20. There was about an equal percentage for people who were between the ages of 20 and 64. Only five percent was over the age of 65. Now, those percentages have completely flipped. The global population for people who are younger than 20 dropped to 35 percent. The population for people that are in the range of 20-64 is about 58 percent. Lastly, ages 65 and older represent a percentage of about 7. It also tells how other countries, such as Africa, Oceania, and Asia still have some parts that are similar to the age structure of 1970.
List of Important/Interesting Facts:
1. Africa's current age structure of youth population is similar to the global average in 1970
2. This is a result of lower fertility rates and longer life expectancy.
My Opinion:
Having this change in age structure is not beneficial in some ways, mainly because their will not be enough young people to take care of the elderly. Since a lot of our elderly people were included in the baby boom, there will be a handful of them for our youth to support. We also need to maintain a good percentage of youth to fulfill jobs and other industries.
Link:
www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2014/wpds-2014-pyramids.aspx
Bibliography:
"Age Structure Has Changed Differently Across Regions Between 1970 and 2014." Age Structure Has Changed Differently Across Regions Between 1970 and 2014. N.p., 2013. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
Researching Research
9/29/16
Summary:
This article tells how Stanford University is starting a new center to study hoe scientific research can be improved. The new center is called Meta-Research Innovation Center. The Professors of Medicine, John Ioannidis and Steven Goodman, will be the head of the new facility. They plan to host scientists from various fields to share their research with each other and talk about the challenges of doing such hard work. Their goal is to ultimately find common errors that are made and to find out biases that are causing the rise in research that is not reproducible. John Ioannidis is concerned about what is happening with the "scientific literature " in general.
This article tells how Stanford University is starting a new center to study hoe scientific research can be improved. The new center is called Meta-Research Innovation Center. The Professors of Medicine, John Ioannidis and Steven Goodman, will be the head of the new facility. They plan to host scientists from various fields to share their research with each other and talk about the challenges of doing such hard work. Their goal is to ultimately find common errors that are made and to find out biases that are causing the rise in research that is not reproducible. John Ioannidis is concerned about what is happening with the "scientific literature " in general.
List of Interesting/Important Facts:
1. The research facilities name is Meta-Research Innovation Center
2. John Ioannidis and Steven Goodman are in charge of the facility
3. The facility is funded by a six million dollar grant from Laura and John Arnold Foundation
4. The purpose is to find the causes of research that is not reproducible.
1. The research facilities name is Meta-Research Innovation Center
2. John Ioannidis and Steven Goodman are in charge of the facility
3. The facility is funded by a six million dollar grant from Laura and John Arnold Foundation
4. The purpose is to find the causes of research that is not reproducible.
My opinion:
I feel as though this is a smart and positive step in trying to find the problem in research that is being conducted. It may take a while for them to figure out all of the problems that cause this, but once they figure it out, it will be an incisive solution. Not everyone wants to try and come up with solutions to things such as this, but it actually is something that is important.
I feel as though this is a smart and positive step in trying to find the problem in research that is being conducted. It may take a while for them to figure out all of the problems that cause this, but once they figure it out, it will be an incisive solution. Not everyone wants to try and come up with solutions to things such as this, but it actually is something that is important.
Bibliography:
Akst, Jef. "Researching Research." N.p., 28 Apr. 2014. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
Akst, Jef. "Researching Research." N.p., 28 Apr. 2014. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.