The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899, according to government data, as younger people are reluctant to marry and raise children due to economic concern and a society that still adds extra burden only on women.
  • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    22·
    2 months ago

    They need more workers paying taxes into their system than retirees taking benefits out if the system. As Japan is the oldest nation on average this is a huge problem.

    • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago
      1. Money is made up and not real.
      2. As the population ages it will spend more money.
      3. Japan has a chronic under- and un-employment problem, and an extremely inefficient economy. An ageing population would increase employment in the healthcare sector.
      4. The aged will not live forever.
      5. If Japan has to print money to make the accountants happy, it will be inflationary, which might get them out of their decades-long deflationary funk.

      The problem solves itself.