Japan’s demographic crisis is deepening faster than expected, with the number of births this year on track to fall below even the government’s most pessimistic projections.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251228215131/https://slguardian.org/japans-birth-rate-set-to-break-even-the-bleakest-forecasts/
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All the MBAs and politicians throwing their hands up about birth rates because the real answer is the unthinkable “number might go down”
Systems keep chugging along with minimal maintenance if conditions stay the same, say like an increasing population.
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