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Japan's workers are being urged to switch off their laptops, go home early and use what little energy they have left on procreation, in the country's latest attempt to avert demographic disaster.
The drive to persuade employers that their staff would be better off at home with their wives than staying late at the office comes amid warnings from health experts that many couples are simply too tired to have sex.
A recent survey of married couples under 50 found that more than a third had not
Originally posted by RedGolem
There was no information available on migration.
Originally posted by RedGolem
reply to post by vox2442
Vox
Thanks a lot for posting. It is good to know what some one in Japan thinks about this.
Would you happen to know why or have an insight as to why the population has been decreasing?
Originally posted by vox2442
reply to post by vox2442
The lynchpin for Japan is immigration. Other countries have been able to attract and keep people to keep the population numbers up somewhat. Japan is more difficult, largely because of the language barrier. Most people don't study Japanese while growing up, so it's not the first choice on their list for somewhere to immigrate to.
That's it, in a nutshell.
''Japanese politicians have repeatedly said that Japan is a homogenous culture, virtually ignoring our existence. Now the law has changed the situation.''
Originally posted by mopusvindictus
awwwww..... it's a good concept, but there are too many Americans who if told to procreate would expect the State to pay for their resulting children for this to actually work in America.