The Coming Vacant Home Crisis in an Aging, Low Birth Rate Society
The Coming Vacant Home Crisis in an Aging, Low Birth Rate Society Empty homes in Japan are called “akiya,” or neglected houses. Japan’s Vacant Home Crisis Japan faces an unprecedented housing crisis, not due to a shortage of homes but because of...
The Shifting Sands of a Rapidly Declining Birth Rate
The Shifting Sands of a Rapidly Declining Birth Rate South Korea faces a significant demographic challenge, marked by the world’s lowest birth rate, at 0.7 children per woman, substantially below the replacement rate of 2.1, which is necessary to maintain a...
Seven Deadly Sins of the Future
Seven Deadly Sins of the Future We are entering the future at an unprecedented rate and our ability to make good decisions will be based on these seven looming dangers. As we venture into the uncharted territories of the future, a new moral landscape emerges,...