Japan’s demographic crisis is deepening faster than expected, with the number of births this year on track to fall below even the government’s most pessimistic projections.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251228215131/https://slguardian.org/japans-birth-rate-set-to-break-even-the-bleakest-forecasts/
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That’s more of a structural issue though than a population issue.
Like, you can literally have millions of people in the country that are unemployed but still not have enough care workers because the government refuses to pay them and provide the necessary infrastructure. An incompetent government does far more harm to elderly care than any population decline ever could do.