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Why would Japan seriously conflict with neighbors? It has shrinking population and this is going to get worse. Can't sacrifice people, can't make use of what yo

Why would Japan seriously conflict with neighbors? It has shrinking population and this is going to get worse. Can't sacrifice people, can't make use of what you conquer. Of course we can imagine drone wars but what's the point exactly?

PhasmaFelis 11y ago
Areas that experience significant population loss due to war or disaster often have baby booms afterwards, and wind up with more people than they started within a very few decades. Hey, maybe that's the plan! Kill a bunch of citizens in foreign wars, and the survivors will surely breed a strong new generation!
- guard-of-terra 11y ago
  To bet your country's demographic future on "often have" is a bold move. It depends. After WW2, USSR seems to have recovered its numbers (until late soviet birth rate and life expectancy slow dive). Germany never actually recovered, it seems to me - their population numbers are flat for decades and they're bringing a lot of immigrants in. France, I don't know - I guess they sidestepped this issue by repatriating people fleeing from ex-colonies.
- ekianjo 11y ago
  Yeah,looks like you don't remember that Japan was razed to ground almost everywhere in the last war they fought. It did not work too well for them.
  - PhasmaFelis 11y ago
    Yeah, but check out those population numbers! 1940: 73 million. 1945: 72 million. 1950: 83 million. A runaway success, for an extremely specific definition of success! (Seriously though, I thought it was pretty clear that I was joking when I suggested war as a practical solution for falling population. Should I have used more exclamation points?)
    - ekianjo 11y ago
      I know you were joking, sadly there are many people who are often saying seriously "we'd need a good old war to get things rebooted again".
jevgeni 11y ago
I don't think Japan's concern is that they themselves will attack a neighbour. Without beating around the bush, they are concerned with China reasserting its naval military presence as of late.

PhasmaFelis 11y ago

Areas that experience significant population loss due to war or disaster often have baby booms afterwards, and wind up with more people than they started within a very few decades. Hey, maybe that's the plan! Kill a bunch of citizens in foreign wars, and the survivors will surely breed a strong new generation!

guard-of-terra 11y ago
To bet your country's demographic future on "often have" is a bold move. It depends. After WW2, USSR seems to have recovered its numbers (until late soviet birth rate and life expectancy slow dive). Germany never actually recovered, it seems to me - their population numbers are flat for decades and they're bringing a lot of immigrants in. France, I don't know - I guess they sidestepped this issue by repatriating people fleeing from ex-colonies.
ekianjo 11y ago
Yeah,looks like you don't remember that Japan was razed to ground almost everywhere in the last war they fought. It did not work too well for them.
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago
  Yeah, but check out those population numbers! 1940: 73 million. 1945: 72 million. 1950: 83 million. A runaway success, for an extremely specific definition of success! (Seriously though, I thought it was pretty clear that I was joking when I suggested war as a practical solution for falling population. Should I have used more exclamation points?)
  - ekianjo 11y ago
    I know you were joking, sadly there are many people who are often saying seriously "we'd need a good old war to get things rebooted again".

jevgeni 11y ago

I don't think Japan's concern is that they themselves will attack a neighbour. Without beating around the bush, they are concerned with China reasserting its naval military presence as of late.