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Japan is so screwed! By 2060 there population will be 50% of what it was and only 32 million people will be under 65 years old! After peaking seven years ago,
by baldfat 11y ago
Japan is so screwed! By 2060 there population will be 50% of what it was and only 32 million people will be under 65 years old!
After peaking seven years ago, at 128 million, Japan's population has been falling — and is on a path to decline by about a million people a year. By 2060, the government estimates, there will be just 87 million people in Japan; nearly half of them will be over 65. Without a dramatic change in either the birthrate or its restrictive immigration policies, Japan simply won't have enough workers to support its retirees, and will enter a demographic death spiral. Yet the babies aren't coming.
http://theweek.com/articles/453219/everything-need-know-about-japans-population-crisis http://theweek.com/articles/453219/everything-need-know-abou...
- newuser88273 11y agoJapan is betting that automation means they don't need gazillions of workers to feed their old. If they're right, they'd win so big compared to "us" that in fact the biggest obstacle they're facing might be that "we" won't allow them to win the bet.
- cyorir 11y agoHowever, if their bet fails and automation alone can't make up for the shortfall in the labor force, they stand to lose more compared to other countries like the US and those in Europe that do a better job of integrating immigrants into society and the workforce.
- baldfat 11y agoIt explains their obsession with Robots.
- vadman 11y agoResearch/creative work is difficult to automate, and it seems that only a smallish percentage of population excels at it. Small population -> falling behind in those areas, unless the Japanese somehow revolutionize their education system.