Steady-State Economy
Infinite economic growth is impossible on a planet with finite capacity. We need to shift toward a steady-state economy -- one that can be dynamic while its size stays the same. Ahead of other countries in the world, Japan has entered an era of declining population, which could be a window of opportunity to move toward a steady-state economy. This section presents ideas and efforts toward such an economy.
Apr 15, 2018
In depopulated mountain villages of Japan, it's mostly elderly people who are ...
Feb 19, 2018
Professor Hidefumi Kurasaka and his team at Chiba University Graduate School ma...
Jul 9, 2017
As a global forerunner among aging societies, Japan is now experiencing many p...
Jun 30, 2017
Japan leads the world in terms of longevity. It is also the fastest aging coun...
Jun 18, 2017
The "Share Village" project has been ongoing in Japan since 2015, with the aim ...
Jun 15, 2017
Changes in technology are enabling our modes of living to be perceived visuall...
May 31, 2017
A Japanese town often mentioned as a municipality making innovative efforts to ...
Feb 28, 2017
Junko Edahiro, chief executive of Japan for Sustainability, delivered a keynot...
Nov 27, 2016
The Japanese Cabinet Office released the Annual Report on the Aging Society 201...
Sep 30, 2016
Building a society with a healthy lifestyle, where even the elderly can lead ac...
Mar 16, 2016
Mariko Kawaguchi, chief researcher at Daiwa Institute of Research, Ltd., analy...
Feb 29, 2016
Itoshiro is a village located in Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture, right next to Fuk...
Feb 9, 2016
Saburo Kato is a Japanese environmental activist and president of the Japan As...
Jan 29, 2016
In the last JFS Newsletter, the December 2015 issue, we introduced the 1% Rura...
Jan 11, 2016
Japan for Sustainability (JFS) has been working on its Local Well-Being Projec...
Dec 28, 2015
Japan has entered a period of rapid population decline. If the trend continues...
Dec 12, 2015
Tetsufumi Okushi is known as an brilliant entrepreneur in Japan who grew a sin...
Aug 11, 2015
The interval of Japan's history between 1603 and 1867 is called the Edo Period...
Jul 31, 2015
The previous issue of the JFS Newsletter introduced problems resulting from a ...
Jul 20, 2015
The Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy and Society (ISHES), with JFS ...
Jul 13, 2015
A report released in May 2014, the so-called "Masuda Report," made a big impac...
Feb 24, 2015
Approximately 80% of Japanese people think that continued GDP growth is necess...
Jan 14, 2015
Junko Edahiro, chief executive of Japan for Sustainability, delivered a keynot...
Jan 9, 2015
The declining vitality of shopping streets has become a concern nationwide in ...
Dec 29, 2014
Quite a few municipalities in Japan have developed and are using their own hap...
Dec 9, 2014
What Kind of Economy Produces True Affluence? - Interview with Philosopher Takashi Uchiyama (Part 2)
The Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy and Society, with JFS as its o...
Nov 18, 2014
What Kind of Economy Produces True Affluence? - Interview with Philosopher Takashi Uchiyama (Part 1)
The Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy and Society, with JFS as its o...
Oct 25, 2014
Japan is one of the first countries in the world to face, head-on, the serious ...
Oct 21, 2014
A previous issue of the JFS Newsletter (No.144) introduced comprehensive effor...
Aug 28, 2014
On July 2, 2014, Masanao Ozaki, Governor of Kochi Prefecture, delivered a pres...
Jun 30, 2014
Issues surrounding depopulation have been hotly debated in Japan in recent yea...
Mar 31, 2014
In fiscal 2013, Japan for Sustainability (JFS) worked on a Local Well-Being Pr...
Mar 27, 2014
Toyama City in Toyama Prefecture is one of the largest cities in Japan and loca...
Mar 19, 2014
The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) released on December 7, 2013, a polic...
Mar 17, 2014
The Wonderful Aging Club, a Japanese association working to build a rich and l...
Jan 1, 2014
One of the problems emerging from Japan's decreasing population and aging s...
Dec 13, 2013
The Institute for Strategic Leadership (ISL, Center for Social Innovation) of Ja...
Nov 6, 2013
Saitama City, in Saitama Prefecture, and Honda Motor Co. announced a joint ventu...
Nov 2, 2013
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)...
Oct 20, 2013
The Nippon Active Life Club (NALC), a Japanese non-profit organization, has been...
Sep 27, 2013
Japan's Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Handbook, or Boshi Techo in Japanese...
Sep 24, 2013
The city of Nagoya launched a shared housing project for senior citizens in Dece...
Sep 18, 2013
Since its opening in August 2011, the Lawson store (a major convenience sto...
Apr 2, 2013
Ahead of other countries in the world, Japan's population has begun to decl...
Feb 5, 2013
According to data on ecological footprints, human activity today is consumin...
Feb 13, 2007
The Total Fertility Rate (TFR)* in Japan hit a record low of 1.26 in 2005, falli...
May 27, 2006
Japan's overall population was 127.76 million as of October 1, 2005, according t...
Dec 28, 2005
The Employment Policy Study Group, commissioned by Japan's Ministry of Health, L...
Sep 7, 2005
The Japanese government held the first meeting of the "Government and Industry L...
Aug 29, 2005
The population of children under 15 years of age in Japan stood at 17.65 million...
May 17, 2005
As of October 1, 2004, Japan's population growth hit its post-World War II low i...
Jul 31, 2003
According to vital statistics announced by the Japan's Ministry of Health, Labou...
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