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Why do national populations rise and fall?

7/11/2015

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Nearly 40 per cent of unattached young Japanese are not looking for romance.

What? That's almost the opposite attitude to young people in England. I see pictures of revellers out for the night in pubs and clubs, flirting for all they are worth. Some young mothers in my area have achieved their aim by getting pregnant. After the birth of their child, they enjoy a free life, supported by social services and living in a flat of their own. Sigh! It's a shocking state of affairs.
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But back to Japan. An official study carried out to halt Japan's declining birth rate showed that 39.1% of young single women and 36.2% of young men have no desire for a partner.

More than 46% said relationships are "bothersome", while 45% said they would prefer to focus on their hobbies. Is this what affluence, and reliance on technology, does to a nation?

Some young Japanese people complained about not enough places to meet a potential partner, while more than 34% expressed concern over a "lack of personal charm". Um! What does that mean? They are ugly? They dress in a shabby way? Their mode of speech is rude?

The percentage of people who have never married by the age of 50 is also increasing, the study confirmed, while romance is even more difficult to find for people who have a limited income. That's because anyone who is looking seeks a wealthy partner.


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A decline in romance among Japanese people is inevitably having an effect on the birth rate. The national population is falling at the steepest rate ever recorded.

The government has attempted a series of campaigns to encourage couples to have more children. They've insisted companies send their staff home at 6pm,. Also, they've increased child allowances and day-care places.

Without enough upcoming young Japanese people to replace retirees, the economy will suffer. The aged will be without funds to support them.

In England, the opposite occurs with the same end result. With so many migrants pouring in, all claiming UK's free National Health Benefits, the money is used up at an accelerating rate. There will shortly be no funds left to support Britain's original aging population, who have paid into the insurance for the whole of their working life.

Stay tuned for the next episode. Will governments in every country solve their problems? Perhaps they could work out a national exchange between young people to instill different ways of thinking. Maybe Japan could offer to set up young mothers in a life of freedom. As an author, I'd love to hear your solution. Or what happens in your country.


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Magical Mystical Mimi link
7/10/2015 08:17:34 pm

England sounds very much like the U.S. Legal and illegals alike are having multiple children and our resources are being drained at an alarming rate. My solution is harsh but not a foreign to our country, we've done it before, round up the illegals and ship them back to their own countries. In 1954 the U.S. and Mexico implemented "Operation Wetback." - True story. - The Mexican gov. didn't want their people coming to the U.S. to work, they needed them to work in their own country. Perfect. Unfortunately, we now have a Pres. that is willing to hand out citizenship to the illegals residing in our country. It's a slap in the face to those of us who had family members die to get to this country LEGALLY, and to the ones who survived the trip and provided the proper paperwork and jumped through every hoop to become legal citizens. It wasn't easy, and my family was/is proud to be American, not Italian-American, American.

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Sue Painter link
7/10/2015 11:43:15 pm

It's fascinating to me that the birth rate is so low in Japan. Given the long hours in the work place there, I understand it. The value of getting ahead is more precious than the value of having a family. Cultures change over long periods of time. This is one to watch.

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Jacqui Malpass link
7/11/2015 12:24:09 am

Quite worrying isn't? It would be good to see governments collaborating to smooth these problems out. But that just isn't going to happen is it?

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Ajay Pai link
7/11/2015 01:37:18 pm

@Jacqui Malpass, Governments do they actually care? Naah!

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Debbie
7/11/2015 12:42:46 am

I find it interesting that in some parts of the world (India for example) the goal is decreasing birth rates; yet in Japan it is increasing them. Natural ebb and flow? I don't know....

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Sandy KS link
7/11/2015 06:08:24 am

I live in America where the elderly has their retirement cut. Where you have to work well in to your 70's to retire. Illegal immigrants are welcomed and given everything on a silver plate without having to be a citizen.

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sacha link
7/11/2015 10:15:04 am

Wow....Never imagined how serious is the negative affect of that the enonomy places on couples..smh thanks for sharing

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Amar Naik link
7/11/2015 04:05:33 pm

great post. in the globalized world, there r lot of factors to play. immigrants, people aspiration , culture influence etc

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