Japan's problems related to the aging aren't unique and quaint at all, they're just ahead of the curve. Most of the developed world has fertility below the rep

Japan's problems related to the aging aren't unique and quaint at all, they're just ahead of the curve. Most of the developed world has fertility below the replacement rate: where Japan is today, South Korea will be in a decade's time, and China and great big slabs of Europe will follow soon after. (America looks set to avoid this for time being though, largely thanks to immigration.)