Yesterday (April 11), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress in an important expression of U.S.-Japan relations. During his remarks, Kishida reiterated his “new form of capitalism” policies as a means to grow the Japanese economy. Once threatening to overtake the U.S. during periods of rapid growth in the 1980s and 1990s, Japan now struggles with structural economic hurdles. But there are a few forces that could shape Japan’s future.

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Labor shortage and aging population are both growing in Japan, but “A.I. increasing labor productivity can fill the gap,” Hisayku Idekoba, CEO of Recruit Holdings, a Tokyo-headquartered employment agency with........

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