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The number of babies born in Japan last year fell to the lowest level since records began 125 years ago as the country's demographic crisis deepens and government efforts to reverse the decline continue to fail.
Japan recorded 720,988 births in 2024, according to preliminary government figures published on Thursday. The number has declined for nine straight years and appears to be largely unaffected by financial and other government incentives for married couples to produce more children.
For once I'd like to see a country that didn't try to solve this problem via government action, but just let things run its course...
Are you talking about India?
There's no intervention from the government, no incentives to bear more or less number of kids.
And the 1.5 billion are a proof of success or a proof of higher TESTOSTERONE, haha.
This can't go on forever. Celibacy isn't hereditary.
It'll be interesting to see what part of the population chooses to have kids and ends up dominating Japan, and other countries.
Uh, AI sex robots though
This is crazy numbers hey!
Yup! They are telling that in four to 5 generations Japan will at least be half populated as today.
Crazy hey to think that!
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