Japan’s demographic crisis is deepening faster than expected, with the number of births this year on track to fall below even the government’s most pessimistic projections. According to analysis reported...

Japan’s demographic crisis is deepening faster than expected, with the number of births this year on track to fall below even the government’s most pessimistic projections.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20251228215131/https://slguardian.org/japans-birth-rate-set-to-break-even-the-bleakest-forecasts/

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    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      I’m assuming there are sarcasm tags here, as immigration proportional to the US would basically solve Japan’s birth rate issues. It’s a rate the rest of the world envies.

      And somehow we decided to throw away that gift as quickly as possible. Hence a birthrate disaster is coming for the US, next.