Topic: Japan reports fewer children and more elderly people for 35th year in a row
kook !!vzUOyOi/5 started this discussion 10 years ago #52,239
New data confirms the number of children in Japan is only continuing to decline.At the beginning of each fiscal year, Japan’s Ministry of Internal affairs wraps up its population estimate, which is then released as public information on the Statistic Bureau’s website in early May. These population estimates are carried out in addition to the national Population Census taken every five years, and then adjusted afterwards for accuracy.
The most recent of these estimates, released on May 4, revealed that, once again, the number of children in the Japan has decreased, signifying a 35-year continuous decline in the population and the percentage of the population that children make up since 1981.
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Estimate figures are calculated by taking the base population and subtracting the number of birth/deaths, immigrants, people who have moved between prefectures or abroad, and increase by change of nationality (Japanese).
popbreakdown2015
popbreakdown2016
As you can see from the graphs and charts above, the number of children has decreased by 150,000 since April 2015. Meanwhile, over the past year, the number of citizens 65 years of age or older has risen by 810,000, or a 0.6 percent population make-up increase.
The result is another 150,000-person decrease in the population since last year. While not much lower, that still reflects a falling population trend, and is cause for concern due to the rising numbers of elderly and retired citizens.
Of course these findings are only one of many that highlight possible problems Japan could face in the future, such as possible extinction. Admittedly, predictions that Japanese people face extinction might be a bit of a stretch, but one sad result of the country’s shrinking population and changing society is that in the near future many Japanese traditional arts and crafting techniques, with no one to carry them on, actually are on the verge of extinction. Hopefully before this happens Japan can turn the boat around. After all, it’d be a shame if the country were no longer able to give us all the cool, strange, and inspiring news and technology we love.
hamfist !0Ynig1RSDc joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #680,652
this is what they get for inventing anime
kook !!vzUOyOi/5 (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #680,653
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Metæ joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 47 seconds later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #680,656
Since Japan basically doesn't do immigration it will be interesting to see how far this goes. As the country starts emptying out, will some kind of survival instinct kick in and start a baby boom?
kook !!vzUOyOi/5 (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 26 seconds later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #680,658
Metæ replied with this 10 years ago, 3 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #680,661
@680,653 (kook !!vzUOyOi/5)
Jeez that graph is terrible. Look at the X axis, 2010-2015 is represented by the same amount of space as 2015-2016 making the slope appear 5x steeper. Only three data points. I would have been smacked silly if I made a graph like that in school.
Jeez that graph is terrible. Look at the X axis, 2010-2015 is represented by the same amount of space as 2015-2016 making the slope appear 5x steeper. Only three data points. I would have been smacked silly if I made a graph like that in school.
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kook !!vzUOyOi/5 (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 16 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #680,662
@680,656 (Metæ)
I've heard of public officials there chiding the elderly about using heathcare and other resources and how they should instead die honorably
I've heard of public officials there chiding the elderly about using heathcare and other resources and how they should instead die honorably
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #680,669
They have hotels where you cram yourself into a fucking crate. They still have shitloads of people and it's crowded enough that they are lucky to be a short people
lost soul joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #680,670
That is very sad
Antenatalism is sad
Antenatalism is sad