Author investigates in details such specific trends of Japanese demographic development as fast population aging, rate of birth decrease, increase of age dependency ratio after the end of World War II, and the influence of these processes on labour force quantitative and qualitative characteristics and possible ways of its replenishment. Comparative analysis of the demographic shift in Japan and same processes in the developed countries of Western Europe and North America also occupies a significant place in the research.
Keywords:
demographic resources; population aging; population age structure change; fertility rate decrease; age dependency ratio; labor force; labor productivity
