With an aging – and now declining – working-age population, it has limited scope for reviving growth. Japan must either squeeze more out of its existing workforce by boosting productivity, or uncover new sources of demand at home or abroad.
如此赌博对日本来说问题尤其严重。日本工作年龄人口正在老化和下降，因此重振增长空间有限。日本要么通过提高生产率取代更多的现有劳动力，要么寻找新的国内外需求源。