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• Japan births fall to record low as population crisis deepens https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/03/01/asia/japan-births-2022-record-low-intl-hnk/index.html
• Japan population drops 0.43% in 2022 as Kishida vows to stem decline https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Japan-population-drops-0.43-in-2022-as-Kishida-vows-to-stem-decline#:~
• Japan’s Population Crisis Nears Point of No Return https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/japans-population-crisis-nears-point-of-no-return/

And, we haven't even factored in what amount the sterilizing VAXX did to accelerate Japan's depopulation crisis! Pray for Japan.

There is a baby boom going on in my church. It is wonderful to see. Anyone else seeing lots of babies being born in Christian communities?

Hating humanity is suicide.

The article says housing is extremely expensive. So wait 20 years for the old fogies to croak, buy a big house cheaply and then screw like rabbits.

Even if they managed to completely turn the fertility rate around. It’ll still be 20+ years before that large generation can meaningfully contribute.

Edit: By contribute. In this instance I mean at professional careers at an economic level. Just in case it wasn’t clear.

Western Europe by and large is only just now becoming aware of the population issue. Eastern Europe was early on the uptake. With Russia and Hungary being the two to trial programs to encourage population growth.

Russias early attempt met with fairly dismal results. They since started another with effects not readily apparent as of yet. Or at least not widely reported in Western Sources. And Hungary recently launched theirs.

Everyone is in or near the major cities working. It is not easy to have a family. It's easier not to have a family.

In rural areas, towns are becoming ghost towns. Someone even made life size dolls to put around the village. You can buy a home very cheaply now, if you follow the government's regulations on restoring it.

I think they should move companies into the rural areas so families could live in these empty towns. Subsidize childcare and other areas that make having a family more easy and enjoyable.

Too many Japanese jumped aboard the Vaxx train. I don't know how this can be reversed. It was already in decline beforehand.

Long time ago, during farming days, Japanese had large families. They had so many babies, they sometimes killed their girl babies if they thought their family was too large. Today, families are small. Many don't even marry.

I wonder if WEF made a mistake. Schwab wrote in a book that even though depop was desirable, they would allow a greater number of Japanese and Chinese to survive as slaves, since they are people who are accustomed to being obedient.

Japan should have thought harder about allowing the Vaxx into their country.

If you death Vaxx and sterilize Vaxx too many people, well. . .

On a positive note, most of my Japanese family got Vaxxed up in 2021, including some boosters, and so far no casualties. Two great-grandkids post COVID and two more on the way.

I believe that 'letting women work' is contributing to the problem. I don't know how to fix it, because women are very helpful and useful in the workplace. Offering childcare is not a solution, as the state/ others then have their claws into one's child. We can see the problems that causes, because parents simply do not know what is being 'taught'.

Then there is the issue of dropping wages compared to inflation, (this helps the employers) which has been happening ever since Nixon went off the gold standard, wages do not pay a sole breadwinner enough - so this forces mothers into the workplace as well. All fine and dandy if one advocates for women's right to work, but it is now a necessity to work for most women.

Also, Young couples delay having a baby, because having a double income allows them a step onto the property ladder, or at least be able to afford renting an apartment in the city where they are working. To become pregnant is a disaster for them.