How BAD is Japan's birthrate/aging crisis? | Conbini Cult Ep 30

Spoiler alert: it’s not looking good! Buckle up for the deep dive on the birthrate crisis and rapidly increasing aging population in Japan.  Words mentioned 田舎 inaka - countryside 少子高齢化 shoushikoureika - declining birthrate and aging population  退職 taishoku - retire, resign  合コン goukon 住民税 juuminzei - municpial/residence tax  マタハラ matahara - pregnancy/maternity discrimination and harassment 市役所 shiyakusho - city hall 母子手帳 boshitechou - maternity health record notebook Got questions or want to share your story? Send us an email at [email protected] Sources: Conservative party leader: hysterectomies can fix birthrate https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/15503088 Fertility rates:  https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02015/ Population https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/15361310 Prefectures with the highest aging rates https://www.heartpage.jp/contents/magazine/08-00145/amp#section04 Population projections/predictions  https://www.jcer.or.jp/english/new-population-projection-how-does-it-differ-from-the-old-one#:~:text=How%20will%20the%20New%20Projection,the%20sustainability%20of%20the%20system. How many people are retired in Japan right now?  https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01796/ Survey done by “mama no wa” https://www.mama-no-wa.jp/blog-kodomoumanai/ Onomichi apologizes for offensive pamphlets https://wtop.com/world/2023/07/japanese-city-apologizes-after-advising-pregnant-women-to-cook-clean-and-give-husbands-massages/ Single parents https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/06/23/single-mothers-in-japan-face-discrimination-and-barriers-to-support_6036057_4.html# https://borgenproject.org/families-with-single-mothers-in-japan/#:~:text=In%20Japan%2C%2056%25%20of%20families,corporate%20stigma%20and%20government%20negligence. Disappearing towns https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20240424-182212/ https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/japans-municipalities-at-risk-of-extinction-775cf3e30fa4#:~:text=The%20analysis%20reveals%20seven%20prefectures,the%20exception%20of%20Miyagi%20Prefecture. Additional sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53409521# Life expectancies  https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ Time stamps 00:00 Arashiyama/life update 06:06 politician wants to sterilize women 08:32 birth/aging crisis intro & disclaimers 12:05 potential problems  13:05 life expectancy  14:35 population 16:06 birth rates 20:13 population decline in most prefectures 26:29 how fast will the population decrease 31:33 why don’t people want kids? 43:02 marriage/birth stats 44:35 what’s the govt doing 48:11 why ppl don’t want kids - our thoughts 57:38 single parents - stigma 1:00:44 dying towns

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