Japanese Population Numbers Expected to Continue to Decline

(02 Sep 09 - RV) With a birth rate hovering around 1.3 and more than a quarter of its population expected to be 65 or older by 2015, the new government in Japan is facing a crisis of a rapidly aging and shrinking population, which it hopes to combat by providing cash incentives to encourage larger families. We spoke to the president of the Population Research Institute, Stephen Mosher, who doubts this plan will be successful…