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> More than half of Japanese are single. 49 percent of unmarried women and 61 of unmarried men, ages 18 to 34, are not in any kind of romantic relationship. So 12-24% of women are sharing men then? Or would this be an artifact of the age bounding and women pairing with older, not counted men?
A little of both, I'd guess. They're not immune to the "hooking up" phenomenon over there, are they?
Isn't their current economy significantly smaller than their current population, the same problem the USA has, but worse? In that case they can either suffer eternally, shrink their population to match their economy, or expand their economy. Apparently #1 is unappealing, they're carrying out #2, and #3 has proven impossible for the past couple decades. One way to report on the future is to make a "questioning" articl…
I'm not sure what you mean. These are apples and oranges you are comparing here.
"Japanese people aren't having enough kids to sustain a healthy economy." The premise of this article is absurd, and flat out wrong. Japan's big problem is debt, currency destruction, a collapsing standard of living due to the prior two items (zero savings rate, trillions in loans to the government being paid back in debased currency, high taxes, ~45% of tax revenue being eaten by debt servicing costs, and so on). Al…
> More than half of Japanese are single. 49 percent of unmarried women and 61 of unmarried men, ages 18 to 34, are not in any kind of romantic relationship. So 12-24% of women are sharing men then? Or would this be an artifact of the age bounding and women pairing with older, not counted men?
Reproductive apathy is not the same as sexual.
No, but this is: "More than a third of childbearing-age Japanese have never had sex: 39 percent of women and 36 percent of men, ages 18 to 34"
"Japanese people aren't having enough kids to sustain a healthy economy." The premise of this article is absurd, and flat out wrong. Japan's big problem is debt, currency destruction, a collapsing standard of living due to the prior two items (zero savings rate, trillions in loans to the government being paid back in debased currency, high taxes, ~45% of tax revenue being eaten by debt servicing costs, and so on). Al…
"Japanese people aren't having enough kids to sustain a healthy economy." The premise of this article is absurd, and flat out wrong. Japan's big problem is debt, currency destruction, a collapsing standard of living due to the prior two items (zero savings rate, trillions in loans to the government being paid back in debased currency, high taxes, ~45% of tax revenue being eaten by debt servicing costs, and so on). Al…
"People in Japan tend to live a long time; elderly Japanese are expensive to care for because they spend so many years in retirement and because they're accustomed to a high standard of living and medical care. For any economy to stay healthy, there need to be enough taxpayers to support all the retirees. But Japan's population is shrinking and aging simultaneously, which means that the number of old people is skyrocketing just as the base of taxpayers shrinks."
"Japanese people aren't having enough kids to sustain a healthy economy." The premise of this article is absurd, and flat out wrong. Japan's big problem is debt, currency destruction, a collapsing standard of living due to the prior two items (zero savings rate, trillions in loans to the government being paid back in debased currency, high taxes, ~45% of tax revenue being eaten by debt servicing costs, and so on). Al…
So the problem is not that they don't have enough people. The problem is that they won't have enough people to form a sizeable enough tax base in the future, given demographic trends and the situation of debt/currency destruction. The demographic trend isn't the underlying cause, but it comes at a particularly bad time.
Again, see: Germany
If your theory were true, Germany would be in terrible financial trouble just like Japan. Their population decline over the last 20 years would have reduced their financial tax base, but the exact opposite happened.
You do not need more people to grow your financial tax base.
Also, without productivity gains and a competitive private sector when it comes to innovation (see: South Korea and China taking Japan's growth by out-competing them), an expanded labor pool will not boost your tax base, it'll make everything worse - you'll still have the social welfare costs of an ever greater number people, meanwhile you'll primarily stagnate existing labor through wage pressure that comes with more workers.
Reproductive apathy is not the same as sexual.
>> Reproductive apathy is not the same as sexual. No, but this is: "More than a third of childbearing-age Japanese have never had sex: 39 percent of women and 36 percent of men, ages 18 to 34"
"Japanese people aren't having enough kids to sustain a healthy economy." The premise of this article is absurd, and flat out wrong. Japan's big problem is debt, currency destruction, a collapsing standard of living due to the prior two items (zero savings rate, trillions in loans to the government being paid back in debased currency, high taxes, ~45% of tax revenue being eaten by debt servicing costs, and so on). Al…
It's not just about productivity. As the article says, "People in Japan tend to live a long time; elderly Japanese are expensive to care for because they spend so many years in retirement and because they're accustomed to a high standard of living and medical care. For any economy to stay healthy, there need to be enough taxpayers to support all the retirees. But Japan's population is shrinking and aging simultaneous…
It's just another bogus excuse for the extraordinary mismanagement by the Japanese government over the last 25 years.