Japan births hit record low and population down by largest margin in 2023 (www.japantimes.co.jp)
from boem@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2024 07:40
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boredtortoise@lemm.ee on 28 Feb 2024 14:42 collapse

Good news!

moistclump@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2024 17:58 collapse

Is it? For Japan?

boredtortoise@lemm.ee on 28 Feb 2024 18:06 collapse

Artificially aiming for high birth rates is useless, faster just to redo the economic ponzi systems which rely on it to be a growing number. And Earth has a lot of people who can be motivated to immigrate if it’s certain groups their age pyramids need.

moistclump@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2024 18:26 collapse

I agree that it’s not a helpful goal to focus on but I do think as an indicator by itself and without high enough levels of immigration it’s not necessarily a great sign for a country being able to sustainably raise enough taxes to care for the aging population and provide services.

boredtortoise@lemm.ee on 28 Feb 2024 18:32 collapse

Of course a healthy society with a hopeful future would support people who want to reproduce. That’s kinda the blocking issue everywhere at the moment