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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The “economy” can go fuck itself.
What matters is the resources available per person, and naturally you would expect that to go up when there’s fewer children.