World News @lemmy.ml tintory @lemm.ee 4 mo. ago

Japan hit a record low for the eighth consecutive year in 2023

open.substack.com Japan hit a record low for the eighth consecutive year in 2023

The big picture: Japan's birthrate has hit a record low for the eighth consecutive year in 2023, with just 758,631 births recorded. Marriages also saw a historic low, with 489,281 unions, highlighting a deepening demographic crisis. Why it matters: Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi has declared the si...

Politics @beehaw.org tintory @lemm.ee 4 mo. ago

open.substack.com /pub/populationnews/p/japan-hit-a-record-low-for-the-eighth

18 comments

Horrible headline
- This better not become a thing. Truly awful.
Birthrate
- Thank you.
- Thanks, as the title accidentally a word.
Turns out capitalism hates children. Who knew?
- Chimney sweepers.
  
  You won the internet, my friend!
- Doesn't capitalism need kids to have more workers and consumers?
  
  Yes,
  
  Doesn't stop capitalists from being greedy stupid gits
  
  Yes, but it's irrelevant, they can always either reduce jobs or import people. Also it's not as if any capitalist and especially capitalist class as a whole ever thought on 20+ years forward, they think about next quarter.
  
  Capitalism also needs a functioning environment to continue...
- Everyone younger than the boomers. Sorry ma, grandkids are expensive and I'm having naps for dinner as it is.
It's all LGBTQ+ fault! /s
But they have such a good culture that allows for plenty of living space to raise a family, much time off and encourages social mixing that allows you to meet your partner.

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