Japan has a fair claim to being the world’s oldest nation. Today, youth is its scarcest and most precious asset. This decade the number of people living in Japan has fallen by about 800,000, and the number of 18-year-olds is falling faster still. If the country is to prosper as its population shrinks, it needs its dwindling band of young people to punch above their weight.
日本堪稱世界上人口結構最年老的國家。如今，青年人是日本最稀缺、也是最寶貴的資產。在10年裏，日本的人口已經下降了約80萬，而18歲年輕人減少得更快。如果日本要在人口萎縮的同時保持繁榮，就需要日益減少的年輕人超水準發揮自身才能。
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