There is simply no justification to destroy the future of our grandchildren to pay off unsustainable debts that we ourselves ran up. But never mind , the population will not drop 30 % because Abe says he will keep it stable at 100 million and what the dear leader says always comes true ..cough.
Both medium- and long-term policies should feature as part of a multi-pronged approach to protecting and promoting health, including improved diets, more active lifestyles, reduced tobacco and unsafe alcohol consumption, and vaccination.
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Japan, as whole, is hardly crowded, there is plenty of space available. ©2020 GPlusMedia Inc. The rest of the world ultimately faces the same daunting demographic shift and will be watching Japan closely for the policy adjustments, innovations, and experiments its governments and businesses make to address this phenomenon and their ensuing results. The sooner we accept responsibility for our generation's mistakes, the sooner we can be on the road to prosperity. One recent study by Konomura et al. Go to the countryside and see for yourself, the decline is already here.
The most obvious way of dealing with the problem is to supply family planning and birth control to countries with unsustainably high birthrates.
All the more reason to get started early.
If we don't do it by reducing the number of kids we have, it will be done for us - by environmental destruction and pollution, depleting resources, disease, war, famine... the usual suspects. There is no historical precedent that parallels the levels of ageing we are projected to see in the coming decades, prompting the rest of the world to sharpen its attention on Japan for leadership in designing potential solutions. Population Pyramids: Japan - 2050. Japan does not need to return to nuclear power!
There is only only one certainty with a 30% reduction of population in the next 50 years, Japan has some tough times ahead and many things have to change, which is cary because, as we all know, the Japanese are afraid of change. Population Age Composition 3. Japan's declining population is not going to solve that problem, its going to exacerbate it. Old people's consumption is driven far more by needs than wants, so this will have huge implications for all those companies selling principally to Japanese people.
So I think it is incorrect to view Japan as a whole as overcrowded, rather it is a problem of distribution. Morikawa, M (2018), “Hidden inflation: Japan’s labour shortage and the erosion of the quality of services”, VoxEU.org, 31 March 31. Japans a crowded place now so the population decline wont hurt - I'd be happy to father some kids with some of those cute Japanese girls.
If you want to solve those problems, this isn't the way to do it. 0000009088 00000 n
But this is simply a result of the country side towns hallowing out at an extreme pace as people flock to the cities. China is going to face population decline, too.
The authors studied the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in Denmark and found that, among adults aged 50–85, the vaccine conservatively boasted a rate of return of almost 150%. The future is bleak. I for one embrace that Osaka metropolis is growing. I don't believe many government figures or predictions for the future, but demographics are easy for a country with low immigration.
Chapter three population growth: replication below defines the calculus. The average age of farmers is already in the 60s, and farm sizes remain small and heavily subsidized.
Houses/flats are too small, parks too few/small etc and unfortunately that wont change. Possible China by then will just walk in, rather than a total zero population on Japan. An economic collapse WONT change that fact, you would end up with a society in collapse with a massive number of elderly, which if it happens would be a medical nightmare of massive proportions. This will sound cruel and dispassionate, depopulation will reach a point where harsh conclusions will demand decisions be taken, first in the area of health and nursing care, the allocation of resource for the elderly, and social provision to focus solely on a national family planning program and agenda. Vote zombie politicians who are subsidized by these zombie companies out of office. JapanToday )companies & little else except for a select few, and even the Toyota's & Canon's are having harder times these days! Open the gates and you might have chinese-only cities in just a few years. I don't think that this a real problem and would actually benefit Japan. But at the same time, I don't see a problem with some economically unviable small towns closing up shop.
Centre for Public Impact (2017), “Tackling the declining birth rate in Japan”, 7 April. Please reread my post. How about total destruction of our environment and total depletion of vital resources.
Look at how SHARP the decline points at ZERO where babies are being born, clearly that is pointing to a rather sharp continuing decline in births.
A couple of surveys find that about 40% of our jobs will be automated in the next couple of decades ahead.
The Abenomics package also contains programmes that focus on technological innovation as a way to raise productivity (e.g.
Living in a major city, it can often be hard to believe because new housing projects continue to pop up rapidly. Hiroya Masuda, the former governor of Iwate who stood as official LDP candidate in the Tokyo governor election last year, wrote an excellent article about this situation and what needs to be done.
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I'll take one for the team guys! George the monkey could make more accurate predictions about what will happen in 50 years time. Problem is can we make J cities more liveable for all? "...the other half will half to work double". If people pass away or room opens up in the urban areas what do you think will happen? 0000004819 00000 n
Way, way too many people in this small country. Healthcare cost containment is an especially prominent issue for Japan, which has a relatively high share of GDP wrapped up in health spending (10.7% in 2017, the sixth-highest share among all countries).3 In addition to healthcare system obligations, an ageing society places fiscal stress on Japan through its National Pension Program as more and more adults qualify for payments. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2017.Note: Medium variant 2050 estimates.
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One central issue is the shrinking of the working-age population as more adults reach retirement years and fewer children are born to eventually replace them in the workforce. To pass the consequences on to our grandkids is criminal. The problem is the japanese mindset that simply refuses to allow anyone without japanese blood. I Introduction II Summary of Population Trends . making people is one of the first things people mastered. Blog - Suivez nous sur Twitter - Achetez un poster - Contact us by email Think about that. Ageing, Japan, demographic change, pensions, life expectancy, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography, Harvard T.H.
3. This is bad news, and the government and corporate leaders should hurry up and commit to families and work-life balance. Some times ya up some times ya down. And as a foreigner myself, let me say that bringing in more foreigners into japan does not solve the real problem that japan faces. Which is why we desperately need to lower the global population. Without ambition to deal with environmental or world issues in any particular industry to meet some kind of consumer demand, I don't see how Japan attracts future product creation.
In my humble opinion the lack of opportunities and wage growth, has a direct effect upon couples ability or willingness to start a family.
Those people are coming from somewhere, and where they came from means that there is open land, facts show that the inaka machi are going bankrupt, because no one lives there or chooses to live there, for hosts upon hosts of reasons.