More Than 40% of Japanese Women May End Up Never Having Children
www.bloomberg.com
An estimated 42% of adult Japanese women may end up never having children, the Nikkei newspaper reported, citing a soon-to-be-published estimate by a government research group.
  • irdc@derp.fooEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    What’s the matter with that if that is what they (the individual women and the Japanese government creating the circumstances) want?

    • PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Japan will need to figure out how to have enough of a working population to support its people as they age

      So, it’s either figure out how to have the existing young citizens to have kids, or bring in more people through immigration. The status quo isn’t going to cut it

      • irdc@derp.fooEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        These are all adults capable of reasoning, right? If so, what’s the problem exactly? They’re free to make their own choices and free to experience the consequence of their (lack of) actions.

        I’m sorry if all this sounds a bit dismissive, but I keep hearing about impending demographic problems in various countries yet nobody seems motivated to change anything, so I’m guessing they like it that way.

        • TheMusicalFruit@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I think a lot of people not having kids are making that choice because it’s no longer financially or socially easy or possible to do. As usual politicians and corporations want the poor and middle class to bare the burden (have more kids to support the older generations who screwed them over, and continue pumping money into the economy), but won’t do anything to truly help, because it hurts the bottom line.