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But Japan has a collapsing population due to said work ethic, which is a far more serious problem in the long run.
by ReflectedImage 3y ago
But Japan has a collapsing population due to said work ethic, which is a far more serious problem in the long run.
- ohnoitsahuman 3y agoSo does America. We've disguised it with massive immigration.
- radiator 3y agoI agreen that also in America the population is collapsing, but I don't believe it is because of the work ethic.
- rayiner 3y agoHas the Japanese work ethic gotten more intense since 1950, when their birth rate was well over three children per woman? I suspect the proximate cause of the drop is the hysteria about overpopulation that gripped all Asian countries in the 1960-1990s. The governments there raised two generations of people socialized to believe that having too many kids was bad for the country. Japan and Korea never had anything as barbaric as China’s one-child policy, but the government heavily propagandized population control during the second half of the 20th century. They imposed taxes on families with more than two kids, heavily promoted abortion and sterilization, etc.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoJapan has the highest fertility rate in asia
- reducesuffering 3y agoNot even close. One, Asia is a big place and includes countries like Pakistan with 3.56 fertility rate, and two, if you meant East Asia, North Korea has 1.8 tfr to Japan's 1.3.
- triceratops 3y agoAsia consists of several more countries than China, Japan, and the Koreas.
- pixl97 3y agoIt's not true, but losing the least still means you're a loser. At current demographic rates Japan's population is set to drop by 40% in the next 40 years. >The UN forecasts that Japan’s total population could plummet to 104.9 million by 2050, possibly even as low as 87 million by 2060;
- kalleboo 3y agoEvery developed country has a dismal birth rate. Birth rate and level of development are closely related in pretty much every country, and the causes are probably broadly similar. Last I checked Germany was worse than Japan, yet nobody is saying it's because Germans are working themselves to death.
- bemmu 3y agoThis is the current culture, but culture can change. There may come a time when a new way of thinking will spread, causing this trend to reverse.