-Only 8% of managers are females in Japan, whereas, they are 40% in America and 20% in China, as of 2010, according to the Economist magazine. This difference in female participation means Japan is only get their ideas from men. The lose of creative ideas is a debilitating consequence of low female participation. … "Female Managers In Japan" has a significant impact, so an analyst should put more weight into it.
-Japan's reliance on exports could cause many economic problems, because export earnings are very volatile. They are also subject to enormous international competition, which means they could easily lose to competition from China or any low expense locations around the world. Exports also depend on currency valuations, which happen to change very quickly and for unknown reasons. …
-A budget deficit decreases the ability of a government to increase spending to stimulate the economy. Annual budget deficits increase the national debt, which increases the cost of borrowing. To pay off a deficit, the government will have to decreases spending are raise taxes; both hurt the economy. …
A girl born in Japan today will likely live to celebrate her 86th birthday, the longest life expectancy anywhere in the world. Men fare best in the tiny European nation of San Marino, where the average boy will live to 81. Impressive statistics have been recorded across Japan, where life expectancy has increased dramatically in the past 80 years. In 1935, life expectancy was about 45. By 1950, it was 60. Today it is 85 for women and 78 for men. Japanese women live, on average, more than five years longer than those in the United States. Japanese men have more than four years on those in America. The number of centenarians in Japan has doubled in the past five years, and now stands at just over 20,000.
Longer life expectancy and reduced fertility rates have contributed to population aging, with the latter cause dominating. Lower fertility initially reduces the dependency of the young on working-age adults, increasing the latter’s consumption possibilities. Over time, however, dependency of elders on working-age adults increases, as there are fewer adults entering the workforce. Combined with longer life expectancy, total dependency on adults will rise. This will reduce workers’ incentive to save, since the existence of fewer workers reduces return on investments. It will also strain public finances, as the need to fund social security will lead to higher payroll taxes.
Simply put, an aging population implies that in the future there will be more retirees being supported by fewer workers. Consider Japan, a country with one of the fastest aging populations: in 1950, there were 9.3 people under 20 for every person aged 65 and older. By 2030, this ratio is predicted to fall to 0.59. Over time, there will be fewer people entering the workforce than those leaving it, leading to a potentially devastating problem for the funding of pensions and medical care.