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2005-10-24 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by lotp 2005-10-24 08:19|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Of course a bigshot for Merrill Lynch is going to tell everyone that Japan's doing great. They're still not having any kids, and let me know when Japanese government bonds pay more than 0% interest.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-10-24 08:44|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-10-24 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 This is all well and good, but I fail to see how Japan's rapidly greying demographics can be considered a positve. True, retirees will reinject their savings into the economy and their children will get better jobs, but their children still aren't particularly interested in having children.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/c02cont.htm#cha2_2
The speed of aging of Japan's population is much faster than in advanced Western European countries or the U.S.A. Although the population of the elderly in Japan accounted for only 7.1 percent of the total population in 1970, 24 years later in 1994, it had almost doubled in scale, to 14.1 percent. In 2014, their proportion is expected to total slightly over 25 percent, so one out of every four persons is anticipated to be above 65 years of age.
Take a look at some of the charts at the referenced link, the Statistical Handbook of Japan, and you will see that Japan still has serious systemic problems.

Posted by RWV 2005-10-24 08:46|| 2005-10-24 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't say all is hunkydory there.

But the reignition of the Japanese economy is A Good Thing. Also, a people that decide the future is sufficiently bright to warrant investing savings is also a people that might decide things are good enough to warrant having kids.

It's hard for us here to realize how inflexible the Japanese job market traditionally has been. But until the baby boomers begin to retire, there really has been no significant chance for younger generations to move away from home and start a family.

Posted by lotp 2005-10-24 09:24|| 2005-10-24 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 This is terrible news. It means the return of lectures by Japaneese Management Experts.

Olde punch line: Kill me first, I can't stand to hear another lecture on Japaneese best management practices.

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-24 11:07|| 2005-10-24 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 kool. mebbe we can getter bit of japanees culcher:

http://massdestraction.com/1338-Japanese_Retard_Wrestling.html

ads mebbe nsfw

Posted by muck4doo 2005-10-24 13:26|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-10-24 13:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Mucky4Doo, thatern depressin. :(

Posted by R Dawg 2005-10-24 13:35|| 2005-10-24 13:35|| Front Page Top

#7 The velocity of money is rising

I love that phrase.

Posted by phil_b 2005-10-24 14:27|| 2005-10-24 14:27|| Front Page Top

#8 The velocity of money is rising

I'll say: mine long ago reached escape velocity.

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2005-10-24 17:17|| 2005-10-24 17:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Japan is not back until the YAMATO is raised from the ocean depths!

Posted by borgboy 2005-10-24 22:31|| 2005-10-24 22:31|| Front Page Top

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