Japan's Population Drops by Nearly 800,000 With Falls in Every Prefecture For the First Time

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Japan's Population Drops by Nearly 800,000 With Falls in Every Prefecture For the First Time​

Japan's prime minister has called the trend a crisis and vowed to tackle the situation. But national policies have so far failed to dent population decline, though concerted efforts by a sprinkling of small towns have had some effect.

Wednesday's new data showed deaths hit a record high of more than 1.56 million while there were just 771,000 births in Japan in 2022, the first time the number of newborns has fallen below 800,000 since records began. Even an all-time high increase in foreign residents of more than 10%, to 2.99 million, couldn't halt a slide in the total population, which has declined for 14 years in a row to 122.42 million in 2022. In January, prime minister Fumio Kishida said that addressing the birthrate was "now or never" and warned, "Our nation is on the cusp of whether it can maintain its societal functions."

 

[the cac mamba]

i, for one, am shocked by this

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

i, for one, am shocked by this

The other dogs know what's up

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Dudes don’t want no p*ssy over there

 

[num123]

Dudes don’t want no p*ssy over there

When you are excessively schooled then excessively worked, plus all of the other bullshyt the desire to create a family is not a high one. That is for men and women. Japan is a place i would only live if i did not have to work for a Japanese company.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

So, Persona and the dating links shyt is a lie. fukked up.

 

[OfTheCross]

They'll be fine. The government will incentivize it enough to get it poppin

 

[num123]

They'll be fine. The government will incentivize it enough to get it poppin

They have known about this problem for decades. If they wanted to truly fix it they would of.

 

[Json]

Time to bring all them Cali Japanese back home.

 

[Batsute]

They have known about this problem for decades. If they wanted to truly fix it they would of.

They’ve tried to fix it, lax birth control, child incentives, etc.

The problem is the culture as whole that needs to change and that’s another generation away.

 

[num123]

They’ve tried to fix it, lax birth control, child incentives, etc.

The problem is the culture as whole that needs to change and that’s another generation away.

But if you are constantly working having kids is going to be a massive headache that people will avoid. Fixing the work culture is what is needed to get in the right direction but that is not happening.

 

[Batsute]

But if you are constantly working having kids is going to be a massive headache that people will avoid. Fixing the work culture is what is needed to get in the right direction but that is not happening.

I agree breh but it’s not the work culture, it’s the culture as whole. Centuries of isolation, Post war reconstruction, Shintō & Hirohito, is ingrained in everything they do. They could implement a 4 day work week & 5 weeks PTO, it wouldn’t change anything.

 

[Jmare007]

I agree breh but it’s not the work culture, it’s the culture as whole. Centuries of isolation, Post war reconstruction, Shintō & Hirohito, is ingrained in everything they do. They could implement a 4 day work week & 5 weeks PTO, it wouldn’t change anything.

I get what you are saying because the current situation seems to be a consequence of decades of a number of festering issues that were never tackled. But work culture IS one of those issues so making that shyt not be 90% (or more) of someone's day will have a positive effect. It wont have an immediate effect but it would probably be the healthiest start for them.

There's other societal issues I'm not sure how to even begin tackling at this point tbh.

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Immigration is the answer to their problem

 

[ill]

Immigration is the answer to their problem

Good luck with that