I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT JAPANS AGEING POPULATION, ABOUT HOW SOME TOWNS HAVE LOST A LOT OF THEIR POPULATION SINCE THE 1960S,LEAVING A LARGELY AGING POPULATION.
REASON WHY JW CONGREGATIONS IN JAPAN MAY HAVE DIFFICULTIES
by badboy 7 Replies latest jw friends
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Quirky1
A largely "Asian" population...
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Gayle
Interesting,,where was the article? Would like to read it. It seems maybe Japan is ahead that way but as more and more countries, like Europe, having lesser children, having one or short of two children per average,, then these populations will show higher and higher percentage the older and elderly. With the tipping of such scales, it leaves the younger with more and more responsibility of the physical, emotional and financial caring of their parents, grandparents and others.
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badboy
in the guardian
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Cadellin
Many European countries would be in exactly the same situation, were it not for their high numbers of immigrants. Ditto the US, though African Americans' higher birthrate is also a mitigating factor. Japan is an eerily homogenous place, with almost nil immigration allowed. They are cutting their own throats economically and culturally, unless they don't make some big changes real soon.
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badboy
bttt
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Mickey mouse
According to Steve Hassan lots of cults in Japan experienced a reduction in numbers and growth in the years following the sarin gas attacks of 1989. Apparently there was a lot of media coverage of the danger of cults and as a result the population is quite well innoculated against the conversion tactics.
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badboy
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT ONE, BUT THOUGHT THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN TTHE TWO