Population and the Japanese Economy

Japan, a country where population decline is progressing and the number of workers is decreasing. While the fiscal deficit continues to expand, rural regions are in a crisis of disappearance. Isn’t the decline of the nation already inevitable? Versus such preconceptions, economics which has struggled with population issues over many years responds “No!” Innovation holds the key to economic growth, and the fact that Japan is one of the world’s leading longevity societies poses an opportunity. This book sweeps away the “population decline pessimism” that has spread throughout Japan and approaches the real issues of the Japanese economy.

YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi
Yoshikawa Hiroshi is the president of Rissho University. He was Born in Tokyo in 1951, received his B.A. from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics and his Ph.D. from Yale University. He was a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics.

*information as of time of publication

Japan Library series
Business & Economics

Publisher:
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture

Hardcover
¥2,500 + tax
ISBN 9784866580562
188 mm x 128 mm / 208 pp. / March 2020

eBook
ISBN 9784866581514 (ePub)
ISBN 9784866581620 (PDF)

CONTENTS
Preface to the English edition
Preface
1. Economics and Population
2. Population Decline and the Japanese Economy
3. The Fruit Called Longevity
4. What Does Economics Mean for People?
Afterword
Bibliography

"The influence of declining and ageing populations is a worldwide concern, one in which Japan has led but now many countries, most notably Germany, Italy, Russia, and soon China, are destined to follow. The world has much to learn from Japan's experience and from Professor Yoshikawa's very thoughtful and insightful examination of the relationship between such demographic trends and economoic prosperity."

Bill Emmott
Former editor in chief, The Economist

人口減少が進む日本は財政赤字は拡大の一途を辿り、地方は「消滅」の危機にある。このような日本経済の悲観論に対し、経済学は「否」を突きつける。経済成⾧の鍵を握るイノベーションを切り口に、人口と日本経済の本当の課題に迫る。

吉川 洋
1951年、東京都に生まれる。専攻はマクロ経済学。東京大学経済学部卒業後、イェール大学大学院博士課程修了(Ph.D)。ニューヨーク州立大学助教授、大阪大学社会経済研究所助教授、東京大学助教授を経て東京大学大学院教授。著書に、『マクロ経済学研究』(東京大学出版会、日本経済図書文化賞、サントリー学芸賞)、『日本経済とマクロ経済学』(東洋経済新報社、エコノミスト賞)、『転換期の日本経済』(岩波書店、読売吉野作造賞)など(本データはこの書籍が刊行された当時に掲載されていたものです)。

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