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> Japanese people aren't having kids, so Japan is doomed. DOOMED, I tell ya

Sorry but it really is. The continued attitude towards gaijin is pretty ridiculous and going to hurt them. You only have three options to combat an ageing population: (1) have more children, (2) bring in young immigrants or (3) build robots.

Japan seems to think (3) is the solution. They sure as hell aren't doing anything about the other two like every other country on earth.



Maybe Japan's population is reaching an equilibrium with its ecosystem. How many people do you reckon should live in a country? Infinity+?

If the economy shrinks because of less people, then how is that going to doom them? The economy goes up and down all the time.


>(1) have more children, (2) bring in young immigrants or (3) build robots.

And (4) cope with the situation. Japan is a first world country with first world resources - they can cope with an aging population without doing any of that.


Bringing in immigrants isn't a solution. It's just replacing Japan with some other nation. Most Japanese would like Japan to continue.




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