Nightmare 2040: Japan's lost generation

Grim future faces numerous elderly with little or no means of financial support

TSUKASA OBAYASHI, Nikkei senior editorial writer

TOKYO -- Takeshi Erikawa, 72, has held many prominent positions in Japan's central government, earning him recognition as a "great bureaucrat."

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