# Japan syndrome

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## Definition

A term that emerged around 2009 to describe an economy - with very high national debt, which amounted to 211 percent in Japan in mid-2014, - with a rapidly aging resident population and - simultaneously high life expectancy, which was 82.5 years in Japan in 2009, and - with only sparse immigration; Japan attaches great importance to its ethnic homogeneity and does not see itself as a country of immigration; at the beginning of 2013, the proportion of immigrants was around 1.6 percent of the resident population of roughly 128 million people. - See age dependency ratio, aging effect. - Cf. ECB Monthly Bulletin, February 2012, p. 87 ff (economic stagnation phase in Japan). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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