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

Japan's declining population and ageing demographic will cause problems for the country's future.

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.
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.
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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