Date: May 13th, 2012 2:34 AM
Author: brave little poaster

http://news.yahoo.com/japan-faces-extinction-1-000-years-074534402.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20681255)

Date: May 13th, 2012 8:08 AM
Author: .,.,..,..,.,.,.:,,:,...,:::,...,:,.,.:..:.,:.::,.

>Unicharm said Friday that sales of its adult diapers had "slightly surpassed" those for babies in the financial year to March, for the first time since the company moved into the seniors market.

horrifying

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20681877)

Date: May 13th, 2012 1:38 PM
Author: ,.,...,..,.,.,:,;,...,.,:,:,.,.,:,.,.:,:.,:.::,.

thats just cause boom moved to tokyo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20682841)

Date: May 13th, 2012 2:15 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.:,,,:,...,:::,..,.,;,...:..:.,:.::,

Jesus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20683063)

Date: May 13th, 2012 1:35 PM
Author: brave little poaster



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20682819)

Date: May 13th, 2012 2:26 PM
Author: ....;.;;;::;,,..;,.;.,,;.;..,;.;.;;;

they're disgusted by it actually:

Japan has very little immigration and any suggestion of opening the borders to young workers who could help plug the population gap provokes strong reactions among the public.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20683124)

Date: May 13th, 2012 2:35 PM
Author: ,.,...,..,.,.,:,.:,.,.,;.,....;,:,...:.:.,:.::,.

After World War II, Japan found itself in a population crisis. In 1946, 10 million people were declared at risk of starvation, and between the years 1945 and 1950, the population increased by 11 million.[2] In 1948, Japan legalized abortion under special circumstances.[4] Eugenic Protection Law of 1948, made Japan one of the first to legalize induced abortion. This law was revised as the Maternal Body Protection Law in 1996.[5]

Currently, abortion is widely accepted in Japan. According to a 1998 survey, 79 percent of unmarried and 85 percent of married women approved of abortion.[6] According to researchers at Osaka University in 2001, 341,588 legal abortions were carried out in Japan, a 2.5 percent increase from 1998 to 2001.

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Should be noted that the US still has a higher abortion rate than Japan, and probably than any country except Russia (which also has a declining population and became the first country in the world to legalize abortion in 1920).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20683175)

Date: May 13th, 2012 3:52 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.......,,,,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,....,,.,.,

I think South Korea's birthrate is even lower (there was an article about it in the Economist this week).

But S. Korea seems a tad more open about using immigration to address the problem.

I think Japan has it right, opening your borders to 3rd world country immigrants and other undesirables can cause a host of various problems.

But they should do more to encourage immigration from developed countries. Japan has a pretty high QOL and is a fairly decent country to live in.

They should implement some creative shit. Maybe if you can prove Japanese ancestry and have at least 2 kids under a certain age, and can prove you can get a job in Japan (or have money to invest), they can give that entire family Japanese citizenship. Some shit like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20683572)

Date: May 13th, 2012 5:12 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.:,,,:,...,:::,..,.,;,...:..:.,:.::,

But what person from a developed country would want to become a citizen of that sinking ship..

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20684002)

Date: May 13th, 2012 5:14 PM
Author: Richie's soul redirected to /dev/null

Surprised it'll take that long

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1947499&forum_id=2#20684015)