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Fascinating article. My only quibble is when it mentioned "tiny South Korea". That population is 50 million, while Japan's is 127 million. So, yes, Korea is sma
by PhantomGremlin 13y ago
Fascinating article. My only quibble is when it mentioned "tiny South Korea". That population is 50 million, while Japan's is 127 million. So, yes, Korea is smaller, but hardly "tiny" in comparison.
And "tiny" probably doesn't refer to land area either. Much of Japan is rural or uninhabitable. In both countries the amount of habitable non-farmland is relatively "tiny". Quite unlike the USA.
- graeme 13y agoThanks for for pointing that out. I had fallen for the smaller land mass = much smaller population fallacy.
- hkmurakami 13y agoiirc Korea has a very small number for domestic consumption compared to Japan (which is an issue when your exports are bound to struggle with the now rising strength of the Won)