Can frontier tech solve the problems of Japan's declining population?

Feb 27, 2023

Japan's declining population and ageing demographic will cause problems for the country's future. Image: Unsplash/DLKR

Yuma Sumi

Global Shaper, Fukuoka Hub, World Economic Forum

Umer Sadiq

Global Shaper, Fukuoka Hub, World Economic Forum

Ryuji Shimonishi

Global Shaper, Fukuoka Hub, World Economic Forum

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With automated driving around the corner, that might be the answer to the decreasing number of drivers in Japan. Image: McKinsey & Company

In December 2021, an NFT of the picture of the Nishikigoi carp (a kind of fish in Japan) was issued in Yamakoshi, a small village in Niigata prefecture with a population of 800. Image: Yamakoshi Public Meeting

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