Japan's demographic time bomb is a bad omen for the US

Frantzesco Kangaris / Stringer / Getty Images Overthe last five years, Japan's economy has contracted by more than two trillion dollars in GDP and 1 million people in lost population. If the US doesn't keep investing in immigrant labor and flexible work schedules, it could be only a couple decades behind. Expertscallsituations like Japan's "demographic time bombs." They're places where fertility rates are falling at the same time that longevity is increasing. Without young people to support olde...