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Not a joke. Anybody remember when they were going to economically overtake the US? It seems our 'out of wedlock births' are better than none at all.
metatron
Japan Is Vanishing
by metatron 7 Replies latest jw friends
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lisaBObeesa
When it gets really bad, they will finally HAVE to allow more immigration. I don't know why they don't just do it now...the cultural feeling against immigration must be very, very strong...
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cantleave
It is inevitable that as as an economy becomes more prosperous, the cost of production increases as things like wage demands increase. The margins of the corporations manufacturing the goods reduce. The solution? Outsource to countries where the costs are lower. The result? reduced employment, in the propsperous country, with the resultant lack of confidence in the economy. Soon the countries taking on the work start manufacturing their own goods and brands, their economy grows and the cycle repeats itself. Japan's success has simply shifted to Malaysia and Korea.
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cedars
When I saw this thread title, I assumed it was something to do with seismic activity, which (as we all know) they experience more than their fair share of over in Japan. I read in a book that Tokyo is built on not one, not two, but THREE fault lines. A devestating earthquake in Tokyo at some point is an inevitability - it's just a matter of when. The loss of life will be unimagineable. Add to that the demographic challenges highlighted in the above article, namely an ever-declining birthrate (I'm sure radiation from Fukushima won't exactly help with that problem), and the Japanese certainly do have a shopping list of problems to contend with. It makes you appreciate just how good we have it in less troubled parts of the world.
Cedars
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Gayle
darn!,,and here I was assuming JWs in Japan weren't increasing there because the culture there was smarter and probably more Internet investigating type of people. But, this shows they just aren't having babies (added, many JWs would be waiting for the New World); to refill the some leaving JWs, DF'd or the dying nor accepting many immigrants, unlike U.S. and some other countries.
Well, Japan will just have to create very 'sizable' tax credits for new babies and very good ongoing tax credits benefits for them with their 'dependents.' Maybe that will help "stimulate" (pun intended) some motivation.
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botchtowersociety
Aging populations will sweep all the developed nations this century. Japan is leading the way. If we watch and learn its lessons, we can apply what works and avoid what does not.
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stapler99
The only way Japan will vanish is if they do become more open to immigration, as then they will cease to be racially and culturally Japanese. It is a rich enough country to afford to pay the pensions of old people. There is no way that they will shrink to nothing because trends will certainly change before then.