🇯🇵 Japan's Prime Minister Just Said The Nation Is About To Fall Apart Because No One Is Having Babies
"On the brink" isn't a phrase you use lightly.
Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate.
Fumio Kishida said it was a case of "now or never."
Again, "now or never" isn't something you say if you're not in a dire situation.
Japan is in rough shape, y'all, and most people don't even realize it.
Japan - population 125 million - is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year. In the 1970s, that figure was more than two million.
Birth rates are slowing in many countries, including Japan's neighbors.
But the issue is particularly acute in Japan as life expectancy has risen in recent decades, meaning there are a growing number of older people, and declining numbers of workers to support them.
Researchers estimate that the population will more than halve to 53 million by the end of the 21st century.
https://notthebee.com/article/japans-prime-minister-just-said-the-nation-is-about-to-fall-apart-because-no-one-is-having-babies
@Roobs
🇯🇵 Japan's Prime Minister Just Said The Nation Is About To Fall Apart Because No One Is Having Babies
"On the brink" isn't a phrase you use lightly.
Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate.
Fumio Kishida said it was a case of "now or never."
Again, "now or never" isn't something you say if you're not in a dire situation.
Japan is in rough shape, y'all, and most people don't even realize it.
Japan - population 125 million - is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year. In the 1970s, that figure was more than two million.
Birth rates are slowing in many countries, including Japan's neighbors.
But the issue is particularly acute in Japan as life expectancy has risen in recent decades, meaning there are a growing number of older people, and declining numbers of workers to support them.
Researchers estimate that the population will more than halve to 53 million by the end of the 21st century.
https://notthebee.com/article/japans-prime-minister-just-said-the-nation-is-about-to-fall-apart-because-no-one-is-having-babies
@Roobs