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> These articles and their fascination with Japan. Just like the suicides and the sexless, herbivore men crap that is constantly making the rounds. The other s
by oska 7y ago
> These articles and their fascination with Japan. Just like the suicides and the sexless, herbivore men crap that is constantly making the rounds.
The other story that is constantly told is about Japan's ageing society, while very few stories are published about South Korea's situation (ageing more rapidly even if Japan has the lead) or the demographic situation in various eastern & southern European countries.
And the BBC is particularly guilty here. It produces generally very lazy foreign reporting.
- Smithalicious 7y agoExactly, Japan's fertility rate is higher than Italy, Spain and Greece, at a comparable level to Germany. It is on the low end of things, but it's not really an outlier when compared to many other first world nations.