Japan Does Not Have a Demographic Time Bomb

The "hard to get good help" crowd continue to dominate reporting at the Washington Post. An article on Japan's efforts to facilitate women returning to jobs after childbirth told readers:

"Japan is sitting on a demographic time bomb: With its low birth rate, the population is on track to shrink 30 percent by 2060, at the same time 40 percent of its citizens will hit old age."

There is no time bomb. Japan, like most countries, has seen an increasing ratio of retirees to workers. This...