What’s interesting here is not just that the population is shrinking (which everyone knows) but the rate at which it is shrinking is ahead of predictions and possibly accelerating.
Tragic but painfully predictable.
i must preface this by saying i am American and know very little about Japan, but with all the soon-to-be political refuges i assume will be leaving my home country, what is Japan doing/what can Japan do to entice foreigners to come live? or are gaijin not really cared for in this larger convo? /srs
Young people work too hard, they have no time to make babies and no monies to raise babies
The number that stands out to me is the number of people aged 75 and older is 1.5 times the number 15 and under.
Wonder if they will encourage immigrants to truly settle down going forward then? My own home country has a housing issue/population overflow.
I’d be fine with, as much as realistically possible, adopting myself to Japan.
What’s the endgoal of the Japanese government here? I understand the cultural challenges associated to promoting immigration, but my friends, you’re _literally_ disappearing as a country. I suspect that any projects aimed at assisting with cultural preservation/integration will take years/decades to mature, is there any work in that? Is super funny also, considering Japan huge soft power
cooked relevant policies should be applied before it’s get into south korea leven which is irreversible
I don’t understand why Japan is written about this way constantly. Yes, the fertility rate is far below replacement (which goes for every modern country).
It’s also significantly higher than in many European and all modern East Asian countries though. So the native population is shrinking, but it’s shrinking in a healthier way than we see other countries
Why is the government so determent to do anything but look at the problem at it’s core? The youth being too overwhelmed due to work and social pressure. Like, they’re hesitant to start opening up and letting migrants in, which makes sense, but do they realise there are other options as well?
Welcome immigrant.
And, work culture isn’t changing… there’s no reason to stay at work later than you need to…
When China invades Taiwan, there will likely be an influx of refugees to Kyushu and Kansai that can help reverse the trend; hopefully they’re not turned away and are properly integrated.
They need to repopulate asap
The problem is to over-education, too much freedom for the incapable masses, radical and blind consumerism, outdated materialism and a state who is a slave of the economy instead the economy serves the common good.
This trend appears everywhere where this values become popular even in Thailand.
We need a radical change of our society, values and even a reinvention of the „liberal democracy“.
It’s not going to stop shrinking until the end of the century unless they start letting way more people immigrate or something happens that causes a large portion of retired/elderly population to die. The former seems very unlikely, and the latter would be utterly tragic.
Have the foreigners been blamed for it yet?
The problem everywhere is the wealth disparity and unwillingness of the wealthy to provide a fair contribution to society. It is especially true about large multinational companies. The birth rate will not go up until the working class is struggling to afford basic necessities.
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What’s interesting here is not just that the population is shrinking (which everyone knows) but the rate at which it is shrinking is ahead of predictions and possibly accelerating.
Tragic but painfully predictable.
i must preface this by saying i am American and know very little about Japan, but with all the soon-to-be political refuges i assume will be leaving my home country, what is Japan doing/what can Japan do to entice foreigners to come live? or are gaijin not really cared for in this larger convo? /srs
Young people work too hard, they have no time to make babies and no monies to raise babies
The number that stands out to me is the number of people aged 75 and older is 1.5 times the number 15 and under.
Wonder if they will encourage immigrants to truly settle down going forward then? My own home country has a housing issue/population overflow.
I’d be fine with, as much as realistically possible, adopting myself to Japan.
What’s the endgoal of the Japanese government here? I understand the cultural challenges associated to promoting immigration, but my friends, you’re _literally_ disappearing as a country. I suspect that any projects aimed at assisting with cultural preservation/integration will take years/decades to mature, is there any work in that? Is super funny also, considering Japan huge soft power
cooked relevant policies should be applied before it’s get into south korea leven which is irreversible
I don’t understand why Japan is written about this way constantly. Yes, the fertility rate is far below replacement (which goes for every modern country).
It’s also significantly higher than in many European and all modern East Asian countries though. So the native population is shrinking, but it’s shrinking in a healthier way than we see other countries
Why is the government so determent to do anything but look at the problem at it’s core? The youth being too overwhelmed due to work and social pressure. Like, they’re hesitant to start opening up and letting migrants in, which makes sense, but do they realise there are other options as well?
Welcome immigrant.
And, work culture isn’t changing… there’s no reason to stay at work later than you need to…
When China invades Taiwan, there will likely be an influx of refugees to Kyushu and Kansai that can help reverse the trend; hopefully they’re not turned away and are properly integrated.
They need to repopulate asap
The problem is to over-education, too much freedom for the incapable masses, radical and blind consumerism, outdated materialism and a state who is a slave of the economy instead the economy serves the common good.
This trend appears everywhere where this values become popular even in Thailand.
We need a radical change of our society, values and even a reinvention of the „liberal democracy“.
It’s not going to stop shrinking until the end of the century unless they start letting way more people immigrate or something happens that causes a large portion of retired/elderly population to die. The former seems very unlikely, and the latter would be utterly tragic.
Have the foreigners been blamed for it yet?
The problem everywhere is the wealth disparity and unwillingness of the wealthy to provide a fair contribution to society. It is especially true about large multinational companies. The birth rate will not go up until the working class is struggling to afford basic necessities.