Japan recorded record low births, biggest ever population drop in 2021

[beijingwalker]

Japan recorded record low births, biggest ever population drop in 2021​

There were 811,604 births last year, the fewest in health ministry data going back to 1899. Deaths climbed to 1,439,809, leading to an overall drop of 628,205 in the population

Rocky Swift, Reuters News
une 3, 2022
JAPANASIAECONOMY

TOKYO - Japan recorded a record low number of births in 2021, prompting the biggest ever natural decline in the population, government data showed on Friday.

There were 811,604 births last year, the fewest in health ministry data going back to 1899. Deaths climbed to 1,439,809, leading to an overall drop of 628,205 in the population.

The overall fertility rate -- the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime -- slid for a sixth straight year, to 1.3.

Japan has one of the fastest aging populations on earth, and the country's closed borders over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic have hastened the shrinkage of its workforce.

Japan recorded record low births, biggest ever population drop in 2021

There were 811,604 births last year, the fewest in health ministry data going back to 1899. Deaths climbed to 1,439,809, leading to an overall drop of 628,205 in the population

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[beijingwalker]

China, Korea and Japan all experience fast population decline, East Asians as a race are facing trouble...

 

[waz]

Japan will be gone not long from now. A perfect storm of a toxic work culture, lack of mental well being, societal attitudes trying to traverse theEast and West etc.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Japan will be gone not long from now. A perfect storm of a toxic work culture, lack of mental well being, societal attitudes trying to traverse theEast and West etc.

Hopefully not. Hopefully somehow they can reverse it.

 

[waz]

Hopefully not. Hopefully somehow they can reverse it.

I hope not but let's be realistic, they know it's coming to a closure.
You can't reverse decades of a mindset. Japanese women now have no desire to have kids, form relationships etc. The docile Japanese lady is just a myth, most are fine being independent, they earn well end indulge in fun all day long. The men retreat into the world of work, and when they finish find niche pastimes they get lost in.
You can't do much to fix that.

 

[satyamev]

Japan will be gone not long from now. A perfect storm of a toxic work culture, lack of mental well being, societal attitudes trying to traverse theEast and West etc.

nonsense . i was their just before the Wuhan virus hit and its cities were full of kids and young people having a good time.
I would advise everyone to spend some time in Japan. A model for all countries with all their so called issues.
Just more media scare mongering.

 

[beijingwalker]

nonsense . i was their just before the Wuhan virus hit and its cities were full of kids and young people having a good time.
I would advise everyone to spend some time in Japan. A model for all countries with all their so called issues.
Just more media scare mongering.

There is something called Japnese government data and statistics, only fools believe by visting one city and knows how the whole country is like. If you happen to visit inner Mongolia you may believe China is just vast grasslands and all Chinese are herders tending horses.

 

[ILC]

Still better than China. Japan 2021 TFR 1.3, China 2021 TFR 1.15, again decline from 1.3 at 2020.

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[beijingwalker]

Still better than China. Japan 2021 TFR 1.3, China 2021 TFR 1.15, again decline from 1.3 at 2020.

What a shrinking China means for the world - Asia Times

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Chinese population is also declining, true, but we have a big population base, this gives some room for China to maneuver, which is not true for Japan.

 

[satyamev]

Still better than China. Japan 2021 TFR 1.3, China 2021 TFR 1.15, again decline from 1.3 at 2020.

What a shrinking China means for the world - Asia Times

The world’s biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one-sixth of the world’s population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in

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because Chinese were prohibited to have more than 1 kid for decades.
The 2 cases are totally different.
I have been to both countries and kindly never compare the two again.

 

[beijingwalker]

because Chinese were prohibited to have more than 1 kid for decades.
The 2 cases are totally different.
I have been to both countries and kindly never compare the two again.

Agreed, never compare China with tiny small countries, China is a continental size country with great diversity, many Chinese provinces are several times bigger than Japan.

 

[waz]

nonsense . i was their just before the Wuhan virus hit and its cities were full of kids and young people having a good time.
I would advise everyone to spend some time in Japan. A model for all countries with all their so called issues.
Just more media scare mongering.

I’ve been there several times and have Japanese friends. Cities full of kids? What an exaggeration. You need to go to Africa to see that or parts of Asia.
So all the Japanese experts must be ‘scare mongering’ as well.

 

[Wergeland]

China, Korea and Japan all experience fast population decline, East Asians as a race are facing trouble...

Thats the fait of every industrialized nation. As a country get more wealthy and socially liberal, people have fewer kids as they want to enjoy life.
Bringing up children is very expensive too in a modern society.

There is a story about making deal with the devil....

 

[REhorror]

East Asians need to learn from SEA and be more chill, take more naps/siesta.

 

[PakFactor]

That the fait of every industrialized nation. As a country get more and liberal socially, people have fewer kids as they want to enjoy life.
Bringing up children is very expensive too in a modern society.

There is a story about making deal with the devil....

My family were 5 brothers no sisters. When the first 2 after me were born people were happy when the 3rd came a silent face with smile and last one came no words. My mom said she received in late 90’s a lecture saying 2 is enough and no need for more from desi aunties. We have developed that mindset as well and it’s a poor mindset those who can support it should have kids but don’t launch a verbal diarrhea attack.

Our elders have a saying in Punjab:

If a mom has one child she’s blind, if she has two she’s blind is only one, if she has three she’s smart.