Japan’s population crisis just got even worse
https://www.newsweek.com/japan-population-crisis-just-got-worse-1909426
Japan’s population crisis just got even worse
https://www.newsweek.com/japan-population-crisis-just-got-worse-1909426
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ss: japan’s birth rate fell for the eighth year in 2023, deepening a population crisis that has confounded policymakers and threatens the viability.
The fertility rate, or the number of births a woman can be expected to have in her lifetime, stood at 1.2 last year, according to figures from the Japanese Health Ministry, down 0.25 percent from 2015 and far below the replacement rate of 2.1.
The number of marriages also took a hit. The health ministry reported there were just 474,717 last year, a decrease of 6 percent since 2022. This was the lowest number of newlyweds since the end of World War II, per NHK. Less than 3 percent of Japanese children are born outside of wedlock, therefore marriages have a strong impact on the number of births in the country.
Love Japan and much of the discipline they demonstrate.
But this is definitely the result of overworking and over stressing people. The work ethic expected is always glossed over in film and TV. Rising costs and pressure makes people stay in
Isn’t it good news for the environment and animals on the verge of extinction due to human behaviour?
It’s not unlikely that the Japanese will be outnumbered on their own island by Chinese/Indians in a few decades or less.