The Japanese government has closed all schools until the new academic year starts in April. But some children are still going to daycare, where they sit far apart.

Reuters Staff · Reuters 10 Mar 2020

Gender Parity

How to narrow Japan’s widening gender gap

The country ranks 121st out of 153 countries, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2020.

Saadia Zahidi and Makiko Eda · Japan Times 08 Mar 2020

Global Economic Imbalances

Beyond Abenomics: Japan's next steps

Shinzo Abe’s term as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party comes to an end in the autumn of 2021.

Akira Kawamoto · Project Syndicate 26 Feb 2020

Japan

Fukushima gets new life as a renewable powerhouse after the 2011 meltdown

Nine years after the tsunami which destroyed the nuclear plant and contaminated the surrounding land, a renewable energy hub could breathe new life into the area.

Johnny Wood 25 Feb 2020

Ageing

These countries are most ready to deal with ageing populations

The longevity dividend can potentially lead to improved productivity over longer lifespans and an increase in gross national income.

Pang Sze-Yunn and Yvonne Arivalagan 18 Feb 2020

Japan

The 'future' prime minister of this country just made history by challenging gender stereotypes

The move is significant in Japan, where only 3% of fathers take parental leave.

Douglas Broom 07 Feb 2020

Japan

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: from cardboard beds to recycled medals, how the Games are going green

Competitors will be resting on cardboard beds as part of a raft of sustainability choices organizers hope will make this summer’s Games the greenest ever.

Douglas Broom 31 Jan 2020

Japan

A roadmap for repairing rural mobility in Japan - and beyond

Japan's public transport is the envy of the world - but outside urban areas, the picture is less rosy. A new World Economic Forum white paper offers a framework for potential solutions.

Masafumi Kawasaki and Dominik Luczak 21 Jan 2020

Future of Media, Entertainment and Culture

How the media can be a meaningful stakeholder in the quest to meet the SDGs

With quality journalism and education for the public, global news media can raise awareness of the SDGs.

Yoichi Nishimura 20 Jan 2020

Japan

How Japan can lead the world in a new era of stakeholder capitalism

Stakeholder capitalism is commonplace in Japan's economy. For hundreds of years, companies have worked to satisfy customers and society as a whole..

Makiko Eda · x 20 Jan 2020

Future of Work

Meet the Japanese minister setting an example by taking paternity leave

Whilst Japan’s parental leave policies are among the world’s most generous, few men decide to take it. The decision from Japan's environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of former ...

Elaine Lies · Reuters 17 Jan 2020

Japan

How to get ageing populations to invest in their health

A super-aged population is a natural consequence of longevity. The new challenge is how we can be healthy, active and happy until the end of our lives.

Kazumi Nishikawa 27 Dec 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Eight years after Fukushima, nuclear power is making a comeback

As Japan looks to restart another reactor, global nuclear generation is growing.

Katharine Rooney 11 Dec 2019

Japan

Japanese schoolchildren are some of the healthiest in the world

Could the country’s famously healthy diet be in jeopardy as Western eating habits start to intrude?

Sean Fleming 27 Nov 2019

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