This is how Asia can make the most of its ageing population

May 31, 2018

70-year-old Yoshiharu Ogawa (R) exchanges smiles with 66-year-old Mitsuro Sudo in front of their protesters' campsite on the sandy beach near Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear power station in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, July 8, 2015. Japan is due to switch on a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that tougher standards mean the sector is now safe after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. The head of Japan's atomic watchdog has said that the new safety regime meant a repeat of the Fukushima disaster would not happen, but protesters outside the Sendai plant are not convinced. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYPICTURE 5 OF 30 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "PROTESTING JAPAN'S NUCLEAR RESTART".SEARCH "KATO SENDAI" FOR ALL PICTURES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A growing number of seniors are still working as almost 15% of South Korea's population is 65 and over. Image: REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYPICTURE 5 OF 30 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "PROTESTING JAPAN'S NUCLEAR RESTART".SEARCH "KATO SENDAI" FOR ALL PICTURES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Lee Jong-Wha

Professor of Economics, Korea University

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