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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Foxy Brown on December 17, 2005, 06:17:14 PM

Title: Japan's population may decline from 2006
Post by: Foxy Brown on December 17, 2005, 06:17:14 PM

Japan's population is likely to decline from 2006, a year earlier than projected, if the current fertility rate continues, the government said Friday. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051216-03543800-bc-japan-population.xml)

Title: Japan's population may decline from 2006
Post by: Asmodai on December 17, 2005, 10:09:02 PM

Mixed blessing.

Lower Pop Means Less Hot Japanese Girls :(

But it also protects Japan's natural areas and lessens overcrowding. :)

Title: Japan's population may decline from 2006
Post by: Tuffty on December 17, 2005, 10:20:58 PM

If someone could arrange a plane ticket to Japan for me, I'll gladly sort out the crisis in no time  :wink:

Title: Japan's population may decline from 2006
Post by: JTRIX on December 17, 2005, 11:00:15 PM

To me, at a certain point of time it's a good way to have a higher death rate than birth rate because it controls overpopulation, not just in Japan but anywhere else where overpopulation is a problem.

Title: Japan's Population Drop Hits Rural Areas Hard
Post by: Foxy Brown on December 29, 2005, 07:17:29 PM

Japan's first-ever population decline is expected to result in wide-ranging economic repercussions, with rural towns struggling to retain residents facing a particularly hard time in offering even basic public services, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Wednesday morning edition. (http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=15787)

Title: Japan's population may decline from 2006
Post by: I LuV J-PoP on January 19, 2006, 10:35:50 AM

Time to go on vacation in Japan and plant some seeds.