2 minutes agoJapan's population is heading to extinction
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The number of children in Japan has dropped for the 37th year, a clear sign that efforts to prevent severe population aging have failed, while experts speak of the launch of a back count of this nation's disappearance. By April 1, 2018, there are 15,53 million children under the age of 14, one [...]
The number of children in Japan has dropped for the 37th year, a clear sign that efforts to prevent severe population aging have failed, while experts speak of the launch of a back count of this nation's disappearance.
On April 1, 2018, there are 15.53 million children under 14 years of age in Japan -- a reduction of 170 thousand a year ago -- a negative trend that has started since 1981.
The biggest segment among children is that of older ones, 3.26 million aged 12 to 14, which shows that problematic tendencies will not stop soon.
Despite efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to encourage the Japanese to have more children, Tokyo's capital alone reported more births than a year ago.
Japan faces a low birth for decades, and unlike other developed countries, it has not been able to complete numbers through immigrants.
To illustrate the serious problem, the Japanese Ministry of Health announced that in 2060, Japan's population of 126 million will be reduced to 86 million.
With fewer employees paying taxes to support the growing generation of elderly people needing pensions and health care, the Japanese economy is facing an unprecedented challenge and time does not work in its favour.
