Are the Japanese Risking Extinction?

[@德厚宋]

The main problem is that the working hours are too long and stressful in Japan as compared to the West.

[@user-xd2mg5cf2v]

that's true bro...besides,there's so many nightclub/hostclub for love and release stress and debt

[@nein9082]

@@mosapedoterrorist7529 damn it where's the off button for the npc

[@robh1908]

Actually the west are lazy people

[@OakleyANDSittingBull]

@@user-xd2mg5cf2v, ​Sex acts and sexual conversation and flirtation are no comparison or alternative to "love." By "debt" I believe that you mean by using hostclubs or escorts, the patrons go into/further into debt since they are, as well as the booze sold there, so expensive.

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

They are perfectionists not just at work.

[@MrNarak]

Born alone, grow alone, study alone, work alone, live alone & die alone

[@juniorhuachoguisado6640]

home alone

[@jarrodyuki7081]

no problem with me.

[@adityarodrigues2266]

Jarrod Yuki same

[@AlexAlex-hm3hz]

Amen

[@samsawesomeminecraft]

almost like how the first humans lived

[@kwetsig3504]

I love that "as long as there is one student, the school will remain open".

[@daisyrobert6858]

Hahaha,totalky ridiculous but is okay.

[@8thousevirgin]

Meanwhile, in other countries there is a lack of classrooms, textbooks, and teachers. This is reality.

[@RogerThat1945]

Where I live, (Rural Japan); there are hundreds of children I see every day in a small town/city when I take my spouse to and from work. Most people in this area seem to average just over 2-children per family. Its only in the city where apartments are cripplingly expensive that people logically will have less children. What child dreams of growing up in a tower-block?

[@MaxBorges888]

None should work more than 40 hours a week. Work to live not live to work. What do you get from that much work? That's what technology was suppose to do, to free men from too much work, instead it made man more occupied than ever, and the 1% with more money than they can use in the next a million years.

[@daisyrobert6858]

Exactly,working yourself to death doen't make you better than other countries ,i mean in europe is highest 40 hours week ,yet they have the brst labour laws in the world and women gets payed leaves ,quality health care.and paid vacations.

[@8thousevirgin]

@@daisyrobert6858 working hard is the result of Japan's combination of group mentality to conform to hardwork ethics, and insecurity against the west. They want to prove that they are as good or even better than the West. But they are overdoing it at the expense of their very own lives. And their mental programming has gone beyond control, and they do not know how to get out of this situation they unwittingly put themselves in!

[@andywilliam367]

😅 In America, most middle class do working more than 40 hours a week. Some immigrants I knew working 80 hours a week.

[@ogueyratogeyrat7448]

Japan is imperial system the weak or poor one must work they cannot beg

[@Davidn1]

The problem is the culture. In Japanese culture there is so much pressure to have a good career and succeed. The thought of a man or woman taking any time away from career is simply not acceptable in the culture. Japanese people have to gain some self-confidence and understand your career is not the only thing in the world that matters.

[@ohlawd3699]

And here I thought that they were supposd to be smart and shit...

[@ND001X]

They isolated themselves from the rest of the world up until recent history. There is almost no diversity in their country. They only favor whites as foreigners and idealize them. Any other foreigners, especially of color, are heavily discriminated against with laws that support this discrimination. Until they accept and move forward with the rest of the world, they will not be able to continue supporting their country and its outdated structure. They can either embrace cultural and racial diversity and get with the times, or they can continue in their direction and die out.

[@ЯСмерть-ф5п]

It's a dead culture if they can't pass it on.

[@NikorasuChan]

+David n Then anime happened

[@ohlawd3699]

They don't have to embrace any kind of racial diversty or multiculturalism nonsense. All they have to do is fuck. : )

[@jamsjars9505]

I am from 8 years in the future. Japan is still struggling with it's birth rate. The anime produced lately has been incredible so I ain't complaining tho.

[@techlittlebug9490]

Working long hours doesn't make people have less kids. In the past people used to work 14 hours and still had up to 21 kids.

[@sithlordhibiscus9936]

If I were the only student in a class, I'd still manage to get the lowest grade. 😂

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

Well naturally... you'd have both the highest and lowest

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

wow

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

@@mortenfrosthansen84 that got me thinking what if you stumbled on a question or exercise and no one can help you because you're the student in the class

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

@@videogamescausentviolence5717 the teacher...?

[@sir1junior]

I don't understand, why would a woman say they want equal pay for the same job, yet only settle down with a man who makes more than them?

[@jonetgames]

+sir1junior I think what the woman in the video was saying is that, if she were to get a boyfriend who made less money than her, he might not "feel like a man", and might want her to quit or find a different job, so this would obviously cause turmoil in the relationship.

[@jonetgames]

Natasel Well from what I've read about Japanese society, it is very sexist, and many of the men have a really big ego and want to be the breadwinner. I'm not insulting the country and its people or anything, but this is just what I've heard. So with that in mind, it would be difficult to find a man with the "idc how much my woman makes" mindset.

[@jonetgames]

Natasel ok but I don't really get what you're trying to say. I felt that what I said in my previous comment sounded like I was generalizing the Japanese male population, and I didn't want people to assume that. I don't know if that's true, but it is reported to be the typical Japanese male mindset.

[@jonetgames]

I wasn't thinking or feeling, I was sharing facts.

[@sir1junior]

+Jonét Harry Would you marry a guy who only made half of what you would make a year?

[@kevvu_l]

I honestly don't think that they go extinct , when nations like mine atm (Estonia) can live with a population of 1.3 million people and slowly deacreasing/increasing while having debts i really can't belive that a huge country like Japan will have any problems.

[@noblesavage5689]

One more earthquake like the one that hit them last time or even a 10 or 11 and the whole region will become geographically useless. So its not economic or population problem they are facing.

[@SeRoAnthem]

We estonians are pretty well off relatively speaking. Kinda hard to compare to Japan where the no-fucking problem is deeper than ours.

[@SeRoAnthem]

"lower pensions and higher taxes to estonians who dont get children" HAHAHAHAHAH

[@mrpsylovesyou3252]

Estonia is a small country with a small population, but sure there the demographic problem is not complex as it is in Japan. Japanese people no longer want to get married. At least half of the population in their 20's and 30's is not even interested in having sex (and obviously they are single). The harpist girl explained it all. So, as long as estonian "macho" men (that's what I've been said) don't shape their eyebrows and are ok with chasing after girls, f*ck with them, get married and have children, estonians won't became extinct as the japanese people.

[@kevvu_l]

From out of my country peoples perspective may indeed be like that. We can't really be classified as "Macho" men , more like alcoholics( which came from our close countries). I myself am not a drinker and never will be , but when i go to a store then 7/10 of people will have alcohols in their basket which will lead to undeveloped or mentally out of placed child birth. But yeah well thats just my opinion.

[@mgtowluau5651]

Poor kid. Yosuke, my heart goes out to you little guy. I've always thought one of the worst things you could do to a kid was not provide him with enough other kids. Not that there's anything wrong with only children, but that's one of the reasons I've wanted to have 3, preferably 4 or more kids, if any.

[@dranzerjetli5126]

You people are really dumb.

[@chennareddygovardhan2934]

Hooo i have a question for u this world is only for human? Why happen to other species and wild animals population since 1900s and some species are extended due to ??

[@thatnorwegianguy1986]

Don't have enough health care workers and are too xenophobic to hire foreigners solution: ROBOTS !!! Oh japan ....

[@mjdc2505]

Japan and Germany both have similar problems with their population decline.

[@jonathanparis1988]

It's too bad. Japan and Germany contribute so much to the world in terms of technology, innovation, and tourism. It would be a shame if those two cultures disappear or shrink a lot.

[@nolanbeardy8212]

JDOG88 Lets not forget what they did with all that innovation

[@dingdongmyopinioniswrong7046]

I'm starting to think that two bombs were too much.

[@andrei19238]

all of europe

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

@@andrei19238 currently there is a pandemic, so every country is suffering

[@XieYali]

It is a big problem but I don't like the sexist attitude towards both men and women. Its harmful gender stereotyping and its not good for society to be put in a box.

[@faisalrashid113]

Maybe the japanese are just being realistic. There are too many people around today for the earth to sustain. It is time to allow the birthrate to slow and to level off.

[@EliosMoonElios]

***** Unites states alone produce enough food to feed all hungry people in the world, but that food is not for free, don't matter if food is disponible if they can't but it. · 50% of world people live in slums, that means governments don't have enough resources to provide basic services too all that families. · In America(continent) will be needed to deforest the entire Amazon forest to give decent housing to all poor people.

[@kellitierney6229]

Faisal Rashid Just because certain cultures, countries, and religions support popping out many offspring has nothing to do with limiting smarter people who will benefit the human gene pool through reproduction...in other words, the poissible extinction of any group of people is not something to be celebrated. Just as we "preserve" endangered animals, so should we human groups.

[@EliosMoonElios]

Kelly Bolton Fool, with 1,000 peoples is enough to keep a healthy gene pool, until then there is nothing to worry about.

[@ChinNationFTW]

Faisal Rashid I think you should try to convince that to China

[@JamesR1986]

Chin Nation Just you wait, population decline there could happen sooner then you think.

[@HikikomoriDev]

...Japan asked for this. They could had easily turned their country around over the decades, but chose not to.

[@nicomedesthemistocles1769]

9:00 this woman is behaving like a traditional male, yet she demands that her man, man up, and not act like a woman, can you see the hypocrisy? why can women choose whether they want to be like men or women, but men have to be men? if she's working full time, and she wants her man to work full time, then what's the point of having a family, you'll have no time for your kids anyway. obviously she's too selfish, hypocritical and materialistic to start a family, and she's blaming her lack of success with men solely on men, when she needs to take a hard look at herself, her attitude, objectives and lifestyle in the mirror, they're out of sync.

[@SDNIT418HA]

I wish this to happen in India. As soon as possible. Impossible to find solitude in India.

[@ShannaCaine]

The Japanese seem to be very smart. No money, then don't have kids. It's as simple as that. Other people tend to overpopulate even though they're dirt poor, so kudos to Japan. They are very educated.

[@tarzeesays1201]

+ShannaCaine Unlike the Muslim world.

[@sarahp661]

Japan is one of the most developed and technologically advanced countries in the world.

[@ShannaCaine]

The Dark master How is dropping 100 million to around 60 million being dead? Other countries have even fewer than that, yet they function fine. Stop being so paranoid; the japanese will be here for a long ass time.

[@brandonferguson8021]

+The Rarest Pepe double edged sword here it seems. how's Japan economy?

[@MsEliteForever]

+The Rarest Pepe Black American...28 no kids nor are my sisters...stereotype much due to media. Were a minority for a reason. Mexicans out number us including whites.

[@animehistoryotherstuff8341]

It's really a result of gender relations in a modern Japan. Look at what younger men want in anime and you'll see the stark difference in what men want women to act like.

[@OakleyANDSittingBull]

@Anime Historian, Indeed. The men need to *confidence up,* become *realistic* and *accept equity, cease* the *misogynistic rape/stalking culture,* and *conduct* the *very rewarding work* of *self-improvement toward being proudly ahead of the curve* not behind it... which is very evidently *dragging them all down.*

[@rustyshackleford17]

In Japan, people avoid having a baby until they are secure In the US, Toprameneesha is popping out her 5th baby from the 5th father when she's 22. Then demanding society to pay for her babies. At least they have some sort of sense of responsibility, while our are busy burning down their neighborhood

[@beloved3124]

My neighborhood is intact. Thank God for the sisters that are still procreating. Sadly, none of ur things will matter after u pass away but ur progeny can go on for centuries. 1 good thing is ur hatredwill die off with u. bye felicia.

[@jong8876]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@spidermonkey8430]

its mostly the blacks and hispanics in the usa having babies

[@mahadragon]

I've been to Japan and I'm going again in December. If you've been, you'd know that Japan is one of the most densely populated area in the world. Maybe their people realize it's not such a good idea to make more babies when it's already insanely crowded. Also, if you follow experts, when the quality of living gets really high, like it has in the U.S. and Japan, the people tend to take their time in finding their spouses and getting settled in life. It's a well documented phenomenon when people have college educations, good living conditions, and jobs.

[@chicken751]

You're probably specifically referring to Tokyo though...

[@realgroovy24]

mahadragon you are traveling to the cities though... as for the rural areas the population is falling fast and getting older too

[@PKMNFan4664]

Japan is densely populated, but aging is the problem. Does there need to be less workforce than elders?

[@PKMNFan4664]

Roger London But the elderly Japanese said themselves they don't like being taken care of robots. Anyways, what bothers me about this is how these virtual girlfriends among otaku in Japan is contributing to this and how they say girlfriends aren't important. To me, they are because my grandpa was taken care of by my grandma every single day and she gave him dialysis until when he passed away in May. I don't see what virtual girlfriends do for you when you're old. They don't care if you die.

[@PKMNFan4664]

PKMN Fan Anyways, I also wonder, why is it South Korea and Taiwan are going to have this problem like Japan is? They both have lower birth rates than Japan, in fact Taiwan's was once below one baby per woman.

[@mr.cookie7308]

The problem in Japan is a policy problem only. Policies set conditions for the population to exist the way it does. If they give you incentives, tax credits, and other benefits for starting families and having children.....the population will increase again.

[@LivingDead53]

This is what I don't understand. In the US, they pressure us socially to have children at a young age, and they actually do it--unlike Japan. They box us. I am a low class woman, and it just doesn't serve me to have kids, but it would put me into a stressful position in society. It's also pointless and expensive. The zombies will call me selfish, trying to drown me in their garbage. Due to my position though, I would be a single mother while the male goes on to pursue better things. Plus, it would make my life a lot harder when I go back to work, as I get spread everywhere looking for low work. I can see my life will be paycheck to paycheck with few material rewards. I don't think it's bad that many of us are not having children. One of my parents' families are all batshit crazy. I'm not like them, yuck. I know I'm genetic garbage, but I prefer to live still and float solo. I just ask people to not pressure me.

[@mr.cookie7308]

Forget work!!!.....live your life and enjoy your life. Have sex...have a family, travel, live your life. If you are not enjoying sex, there is something seriously wrong with you. I cant get enough of it.

[@cody7556]

update: there are no more schools in nanmoku :(

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

s***!!!!!!!!! could you link me the source?

[@underfire987]

This is a shame I would like to see Japan thrive and do well in the world, as they are a hard working and honor driven people, and now as allies I think their is a great future for all of our nations working together.

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

well the brighter the star the faster it dies ;-;

[@Patchuchan]

The problem is simple they have a poor work life balance and the cost of living is too high so they have neither the time nor the perceived money to have children. The answer is have a better work life balance and create more jobs away from expensive places like Tokyo where people can afford a real home.

[@jonsmith9735]

Same here in Singapore. Cost of living is extremely high and pension funds are locked up by government and elderly STILL has to work such as being cleaners. Fertility rate is very low and the demographic is rapidly aging. The government has to import more and more foreigners from third world which is depressing wages, overcrowding the island and straining the infrastructure

[@nayanmipun6784]

Marriage and motherhood are not hindrance to women's career

[@jbhrs]

Nayan Mipun a women shouldn’t work a man should work to take care of her and the child

[@VelvetCondoms]

Maybe a declining population will be healthier in the long run, after this awkward period. A lower population would mean easier sustainability for farming, consumer products, and electrical demand. It would also mean lower population density, which would help deal with the pollution issues in Japan.

[@almightiidollah3933]

Good point.

[@Davidn1]

+Nate Watson As long as you don;t mind permanent economic stagnation and the collapse of the welfare state, yeah, great!

[@VelvetCondoms]

Furthermore, this might be a safe way to fix Japan's unemployment problems by increasing the number of healthcare workers, while maintaining the employment levels over a shrinking population.

[@Davidn1]

***** That's the problem, productivity isn't exploding, it's climbing feebly at 1% to 1.5% annual growth.

[@Davidn1]

***** But the problem is unchanged is not good. Unchanged means another 50 years of stagnation and rampant inflation (which is the current situation in Japan). And of course, Japanese are overworking themselves, so a drop in the number of hours worked per person per week is inevitable. So as I see it, less people working, and the people who do work will work fewer hours, and the fact the economy is already weak means we need something like 3% - 4% productivity gains to achieve a positive net quality of life improvement.

[@MaximilienRobespierre1]

Why do we see this as a negative thing? With automation and robotics taking over the majority of jobs why do we need more people? Smaller populations are easier to maintain and keep safe. Smaller populations are in general have higher standards of living and lower crime rates. We should be following Japan's lead.

[@melodiusoffal1789]

Because genocide is not a good thing. Even if its from lackanookie.

[@american37]

Risk extinction within a millennium? A thousand years is a long time. That's plenty of time for anything to happen. So I would not worry much about it. This falling birthrate may just be a tiny blip. Who can know what will happen within a thousand years? Even just fifty years from now the Japanese could be having large families. No one knows. So don't panic.

[@MrHjacky]

Yeah, it's like they just took a ruler then drew a straight line projecting the birth rate. At best it's oversimplistic. For fuck sake, most of the things everyone predicted have turned out to be wrong, the rest is coincidence or reinterpretations

[@darrenpat182]

the worlds population is currently 8 BILLION! There are too many people, this is a good thing!

[@jbhrs]

Japan has a worse birth rate than even Germany, look towards the people with high birth rates, the white Amish have 7,4 which is the highest off all demographics, theres also the Mormons, the Russians, the Muslims, the rural Africans, what the similarity between these examples, it’s that they’re all religious right wing nationalist who many grow their own food and don’t take loans

[@LucaHulot]

intelligence and wealth give you less children apparently

[@nicomedesthemistocles1769]

+Luca Hulot (Akle) they're not that wealthy, if they have to choose between material prosperity and a small family, it's almost impossible to have both. the japanese economy sucks right now, it's been in steep decline for decades. this is due to (crony) capitalism, democratic dictatorship (the people have no real say in their countries governance, in politics or in big business, which is increasingly becoming the only business), greed, science, technology, and the planned obsolescence of workers (they're being replaced by more efficient machines, and only capitalists are reaping the monetary benefits, most of which they reinvest into increasingly arbitrary, exploitative, meaningless, fruitless and unnecessary economic ventures). salaries aren't keeping up with the costs of living, the same thing is happening in Europe and North America. additionally, values are different: egoism, feminism and materialism are eroding families, so are abortions, contraception, porn, promiscuity, and a hollow, sterile, substance free culture. people eat junk food, they have junk sex, if any, and they spend most of their free time online, fantasizing about a better, more adventurous and exciting life, to escape the drudgery of their mundane, robotic, corporate lives. it's all a recipe for decline. the solution is opposing values and structures, but decline might not an entirely bad thing, as there japan especially is overpopulated, it's density is ridiculously high. it's only a matter of time before society implodes under the weight of all this, and in europe and north america we have the multicultural epidemic as well, european populations are being replaced. in the end, globalization, and especially the form its taken, contains the seeds of its future downfall, that will be followed by a long, dark and dreary age of physical, mental, social and environmental cancer, which it could take centuries to recover from. it's surprise really, this sort of runaway growth we've been promised is unsustainable, and the masses hardly saw any benefits except for in a temporary population boom, unchecked growth leads to future decay. western. through science, technology and modern social systems, modern man was afforded unprecedented opportunities to enrich himself, and instead of rationing them, planning things out carefully and cautiously, he selfishly devoured everything in sight, and became a scourge upon not only the environment, but himself. decadence quickly ensued, followed by decline, and then disease, and bloodshed not long after.

[@LucaHulot]

Nicomedes Themistocles yeah yeah yeah... bla bla bla... WWIII is soon approaching ? apocalypse ?

[@GeneralLDS]

+Luca Hulot (Akle) yes. And then nature will reclaim the Earth. God bless you.

[@the80386]

+Nicomedes Themistocles japan is not overpopulated. It's just that the system is less than ideal whereby all the benefits and infrastructure is mostly concentrated in a few major cities. it's a problem with most countries actually. As a result the cities themselves are very dense. Like singapore or hongkong. but if you go to the countryside you'll see really how much of the land is sitting there without being used in any way. Population problem is blown up to be much bigger issue than it actually is. it's a government tactic for fear mongering population so that they give up all their control to the government hoping they'll solve it. just like the climate change issue or terrorism issue. non of them are even close to being as much of an issue as it's portrayed to be through the education and media system.

[@dashingmay]

Nicomedes Themistocles TL;DR

[@xavierthorn4652]

Japan needs to incentivize adoption from Asian nations with a high birth rate, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, etc. They seem to be big on preserving Japanese "purity" and in this way they would still remain racially Asian, and culture is learned not inherited so why not.

[@makoshark7431]

A lot of Japanese people in this video contradict themselves. Example: “I won’t have children because my husband works a lot and I would have to take care of the child all by myself” Yet they put endless amounts of energy into their jobs and hobbies. I personally believe it’s just that Japanese people have a mentality that simply prevents them from seeing marriage and reproduction as productive. They’ve been trained since birth to put business and the betterment of the Japanese whole and society on the pedestal, the excuse which is ‘I can’t have children because it’s not optimal’ is exactly what they say it is, they see it as non optimal, to blame someone I’d identify the Japanese social construct and the way the corporate machine has stripped these people of life and made them into basically working tools, a better word would be gears, all working simultaneously to produce greater yield for society and for corporations, which is also explains why most leave towns and head for Tokyo the center of all these issues. Regardless they need to quit the excuses, both the men and women. Edit: this also might be in part an issue that the elderly brought upon the youth with their WW2 mentality, work as a whole hive mind type deal. Which is good if it’s balanced but in this case it isn’t.

[@Unknown-hj7uc]

The "me" era

[@Billy-rr7re]

so no help from foreigners: nationalism, racism with a flag TRADITION: just because you've always done it that way (OR BECAUSE YOU WERE TOLD TO DO IT THAT WAY) doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid.

[@Sagemaster00]

Send me there, give me a month and Japan will be right on track.

[@lightfoot123]

+Elephant I assume you are also willing to pay child support too..

[@lightfoot123]

From what I read online, I kinda feel like they're struggling just to pay their bills so good luck with that

[@Sagemaster00]

Lightfoot1990 Japan is one of the most economically thriving countries in the world lol.

[@lightfoot123]

Good point, but according to this video young people are financially struggling

[@Sagemaster00]

Lightfoot1990 Yeah, I guess it's happening to everyone around the world. It just sucks that japan is dying like this.

[@crimwolf5216]

What happened to all the orphans and “unwanted” children that where abandoned?

[@ridefortgerard9284]

I am simply shocked ! If the consumerist way caused such a harm to a great civilisation such as the Japanese one,means that is definitely a wrong way !

[@olanordmann7836]

I think it's a problem that will solve itself: Economic and national crisis's that will follow will make it financially desirable to have kids.

[@CaecusYT]

***** Yeah. I'm not against 3rd worlders but there is too much of them over here!

[@CaecusYT]

***** Jeebus. I have live in a city full of muslims. They aren't that bad.

[@CaecusYT]

***** I guess immigrant muslims are better than natural muslims. Lived in the poor parts of germany btw and now I live in sweden

[@CaecusYT]

Roger London the fuck are you talking about? A swedish guy could also be sawing off my head. Just stop

[@andrewrendon7789]

paul davies Try telling that to all 1.5 billion Muslims, it will take a LONG time for it to decrease.

[@TheShelbyiskool]

Of course Japan won't go extinct, that's the most exaggerated thing I've ever heard. As Japan approaches an even more frightening birthrate, the population will do something in order to preserve there own race. There own legacy is at stake here and if the Japanese continue on declining birthrate then they will go extinct, in theory. I do think they will have a large reduction (2/5th) in population for the years to come, because the current generation isn't having babies, they are currently affecting the outcome of there population. Expect a large surge in middle aged folks in the coming years, and a very small, but growing population of kids beyond that.

[@paske2001]

japanese won't be extinct because they are not of a different species for that to happen...

[@SHANELOFRANCO]

4 years later. Birth rates are still under 1 million.

[@sashablazquez]

This might seem like one simple problem but it's interesting to see how many factors contribute to this.

[@dtadeo2006]

Japan's discrimination to employ foreign help is the problem. On the flip side, here in Hong Kong, there are lots of foreign help but also facing discrimination.

[@paul28177]

There was a big baby boom, like in many countries, and the cities became overly expensive and so people ventured into the countryside... BUT younger people were attracted to the big cities where the money is - the downside is that to survive in the big cities you often have to live in smaller houses whereby there isn't room for a family or the money to afford to bring up a family - a lot of people have become focused on work that they often dont even have time for relationships... Because of this the supply and demand in the smaller towns become less - theres no need for fishing or having businesses there... Gradually there has been some people moving back to these areas because they are cheaper, but of course it is still money and work that is an issue... the video does come across a little feminist BUT japan still has a very dominate male role and female role -- japanese men are still expected to work hard, to earn more, to be 'manly' -- all this pressure lowers the drive...but while women are wanting this of men, they are wanting to continue working and have a more dominate role -- it clashes... actually...if they reduce working hours, and create more social opportunities, then it will help -- but currently it's about point blame on the sexes instead... people are having babies -- BUT the japanese will only really class the baby as 'real' japanese if it is between 2 japanese people

[@최윤석-d7q]

South Korea and Japanese government is really concerning about their population.

[@cabalofdemons]

This problem of declining population could be solved by the Japanese government lowering the barriers for immigration. Still, that probably won't happen as Japan is very ethnocentric and xenophobic.

[@dunnono00]

Immigration would solve some problems while introducing others. Still, controlled immigration could be a boon, agreed. It just can't be a practical free for all like America and some other countries.

[@cabalofdemons]

dunnono00 It'll solve the age gap for sure. African countries have lower median ages than many European countries. Japan could also allow other Asian workers to come in to the country. However, the issue is where are they going to house these new residents? Tokyo is crowded, so they could be used to work in towns and rural areas. However, would the local, older populace be receptive towards non-Japanese working there?

[@enemay]

This is so sad, it almost brought a tear to my eye, and I'm not even Japanese.

[@aetas4500]

***** The Japanese won't die out but the population will shrink because Japan is a resource poor country that has a difficult time supporting a large population.

[@halfhalo33]

Flying Taco Truck ... My country(Japan) is not that poor. If you think about it.

[@わさびオレンジ]

I understand that Korea is in worse shape than Japan.

[@aetas4500]

shinji ikari No kidding. You're only seeing the bottom of the barrel in the US Danny. Their are plenty of beautiful black women in the Caribbean and Latin America.

[@わさびオレンジ]

Flying Taco Truck Caribbean women have great attitudes too and they want a man in the house.

[@justinkrann7406]

Soon enough will be a giant disaster that will spawn a fresh start, I live in Japan but ill admit, theres no fixing it. Fresh starts best!

[@roshanrajakrishnan4435]

Well, I think people till the age of 70-75 are strong enough to look after a child. Japan seems to have an excess of them. So, why can't the young people reproduce and get help from these lonely old people to take care of their children, while the parents are at work? Its not an ideal solution, but given the current conditions I don't think it would be a bad idea. Japan cannot go on like this.

[@diouranke]

lol, interesting hypothesis, it just may could work

[@senkenkai]

bad idea. people at those ages can barely help themselves. I can't trust my grandfather to take care a kid when he can't lift objects and naps a lot. how can I trust someone to watch a kid when they are sleeping or can't move because they broke a bone. there are plenty of cases like these around the world

[@lalalala7738]

the problem is not really if japan receives inmigrants or not , the problem is that having children in japan is really expensive and that we tend to be, compared to the people in other countries a little bit shy, making it to have a couple a little bit more difficult, also women don't want to get married because it almost always mean quitting your job. if japan had better maternity laws, and the cost of living was cheaper and the culture wasn't that judgemental people wouldn't mind having children.

[@melexdy]

1st world country,one of the top economies yet a failing society. Remember japan next you talk about models of succesful economy.

[@licenselessrider4486]

Let's not forget 2D being better than 3DPD as the main unspoken reason here

[@azzym312]

Pitiable. What is the use of success if the end product is a nation which vanishes from the face of earth.

[@kytim89]

The chick playing the harp is pretty. It's hard to believe she's having trouble finding a man.

[@SmashBrosBrawl]

I believe by doing something to Japans work hours, These people work extremely long hours, if they work typical 40hr weeks like in the states perhaps it could help out. Instead of working 50-60hr weeks

[@KingofKpop]

Then again, there's plenty of Chinese, Indian, Blacks and Arabs can fill this gap. There's plenty of choice out there.

[@billc6762]

Establish standard working hours. Overtime pay for extra hours worked.

[@gamesday666]

Behold, Feminisms endgame at work.

[@gamesday666]

Jesse M First comment with derogatory childish school yard language doesn't make you a non idiot.

[@gamesday666]

Ghost Pumpkin women are acting like men in japan, choosing career over marriage, just like what feminism is teaching our girls here in the west, you cant have a full time career that requires your full attention and still want to have a family, men can have a career and children thanks to the efforts of women, when women here in the west voice their opinion about wanting a stay home mom life, they tell her she is oppressed and she should go find a career...... even thou she made that choice of free will, just putting 2 and 2 together.

[@gamesday666]

***** Marriage is in the decline, majority blame feminism I am just stating facts.

[@BigEvan96]

Lol!

[@gamesday666]

Jesse M You have only commented 2 times, both are the comments of a child who is angry and seeks attention.

[@EliteMuppet]

Am I the only one that thinks this should happen everywhere? Especially India and China? This will definitely help with our overpopulation, food and resource problems.

[@ultimatedragon77]

It's not food that we lack. The whole world combined produced more than enough food for 7 billion people. The problem is transporting said goods to remote and poor areas, ones that often lack proper infrastructures.

[@EliteMuppet]

ultimatedragon77 And greedy corporations that won't help if there is no money in it for them. Same reason people and governments won't help save the planet and eco systems.. no money in it; or less money then they currently make.

[@MrChowTheTroll]

Elite Muppet Well even if we kill off the greedy corporations/1%/whatever, its will not help the earth, another batch off greedy corporations/1%/whatever will pop up and take their spot

[@EliteMuppet]

Oh I know... And it sucks ass.

[@JoseAlanGuerrero92]

I think we as humans don't even need to live that long, this also happens because if people keep live more years, the Elder while outnumber the Young, i used to think, it would be cool if i were 100 years old, now at 22 years i am aware, from 45 to 65 years (when you really become an Elder) is the best to die, no more, if we had technology to live longer but ALSO younger it would be different

[@sangeliastorck8283]

This is common for those areas that become overcrowded. Beings stop breeding due to lack of room as part of the several reasons why the population of the next set of generations tend to be lower in numbers. Another reason is the fact that they are living longer. And just like in the US, folks tend to move to larger areas where jobs are more likely supposedly to be plentiful.

[@englishwithemi]

"They have to stop shaving their eyebrows." Haha couldn't agree more.

[@znecrisz]

The long work hours seem to be the problem. Japanese companies shouldn't force their employees to work so hard. If the government wants to do something it should legislate a maximum amount of work per day.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

+Phill Houlihan the culture that allows this is the greater problem. i could do a comedy scketch about how day to day life goes about in japanese corperations. or put a bunson burnee under a thermometer made out of builet proof glass.

[@techlittlebug9490]

Sir, people in the past worked long hours and still had 10-12 kids. One of my relatives had 21 kids

[@willhart6110]

What economists are not saying is that the cause of the two decade slump is the shifting demographics. The low birth rate caught up with japan in 1990 and it will go on into the foreseeable future. It is also happening in Europe, note the slow economies, and drastically in Russia but also less so even in America. The world got suckered into the overpopulation myth, only Africa has an exploding populaton...

[@wewders]

R.I.P. Japan. Hello, Southeast China.

[@jesusrafaelpadrondleon2404]

Although I think that the population shpuld decrease worldwide, not having people to care for the elderly or work on critical fields is something that has to be adressed, Japan could solve it very easily by just not being so conservative and xenophobic towards immigration. There are tons of young people all over the world that dream to live in Japan and want to assimilate to their fascinating culture.

[@TheDisniac]

+Jesus Padron I know I would! It'd be a dream to live out there and work!

[@andrei19238]

and end up like europe hahah

[@paula23525]

Very good program. Thanks for posting it!

[@karimqaiser]

There should be two things that should happen there now 1. There should a law against late sitting in the offices. Companies should be penalized for forcing people to neglect family / babymaking / childrearing. Capitalism needs to be put on a leash. Society needs to achieve a balance between work and family. There should be a real welfare state. 2. And / or medical science should find a way to switch off aging, making eternal youth possible and affordable.

[@surindersharma7407]

A similar problem in India where Educated boys and girls running after careers are marrying late and finding difficult to reproduce because of various problems medical or social

[@wainber1]

Canada, the US, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Australia, Israel and NZ seem to be much more open to immigration than Japan is. Israel, Canada and the UK are among countries that have benefitted from immigration. Both of the 1st 2 countries have even had foreign-born prime ministers, governors general and presidents. Japan could learn from the countries I've mentioned, as I believe immigration will provide a benefit to Japan. Changing attitudes towards immigration, I admit, will take time, however.

[@janhoppe894]

Too much immigration from terrorist places is the big problem. From huge countries as well. Japan will be OK it is advanced society.

[@aan3]

David W., agreed. Immigration and multiculturalism would help Japan here. Yes, the country is densely populated in the major cities but many immigrant workers and families could help with elderly care and even stop schools and hospitals from closing, revive some of the ghost villages and towns in the countryside, wouldn't mind contributing or assimilating to the culture if they are given the chance to show their commitment. Japan is facing the same population problems as Europe as a whole too. Now some of the Western European countries are starting to realize the benefits that immigrants and multiculturalism can bring. It doesn't stop the xenophobes and ultra nationalists from screaming about immigrants causing trouble, adjusting to a new culture, taking jobs and all the other rants. But it would help Japan out in the long run.

[@RogerThat1945]

David W: Canada would not let me immigrate without an amazing business plan they could copy; and even then they refused my application; even though I had already bought a house for cash there. Japan however did let me immigrate, and I don`t even speak the language. So, I bought a large detached house here also (Central Japan). Its nice. Skiing in Winter at the back of the house, and baking hot summers; a beach a couple dozen kilometers away. Rice paddies everywhere in between.

[@RogerThat1945]

Aan B You appear to not understand the point. So, let me help. Japan (nor any advanced country), functions more efficiently by open-door immigration; and where Japan survives (economically) via its advanced engineering (that includes medicine) so that humanity as a whole can also progress; & where potentially, such engineering could stop an extinctions event (as wiped out the dinosaurs numerous times). BUT: To do that, it needs to have a homogeneous society that works as a team; and does not need a society which is mired in a multicultural social war; as per the failing USA & failing UK. Other countries, which have careless populations and bad management are breeding people who are of no benefit to themselves or Japan. That is not your fault. But it is a cold hard fact.

[@underfire987]

Yea until you allow In the wrong people " muslims" their is a limit too who you want to immigrate into your country as most peoples are fine but some like them can be a real problem.

[@misterprickly]

If Japan wants to survive, thrive and flourish they need to become a multinational country. Japan needs to overhaul it's immigration policies, employment policies and shed it's reputation of being a cold/distant society. I like Japan. It's a very nice place with very nice people but they need to make some serious changes if they want to remain viable.

[@misterprickly]

hap i-m26 Are you having a laugh?

[@misterprickly]

LineFinder L 1) Other countries. 2) So? 3) What parts of Europe? Also hap i-m26 is a *racist FUCKTARD!* If you agree with him, guess what that makes you?

[@misterprickly]

LineFinder L Gotta love your selective reading! It's just as good as your selective thinking! Seriously;;; When you say "I don't think" I believe you! I'm from Canada, a country born out of immigration. Canada, the country *with* an economy. Canada, the country that has *NO* enemies. Canada, the country where the Muslims are cute n cuddly and have their own TV shows and festivals. And if you think I'm an SJW... Than you don't know *Misterprickly*, ya fucking racist *DUMB ASS!*

[@hapi-m2649]

That argument is like comparing apples to oranges. The Irish and Italians were genetically compatible with the Euro-American founders of the nation and framers of the US Constitution. In fact, Roman-Greco democracy and the Senate and Congress were originally of Roman and Greek origin. Ireland is a Celtic nation and anti-Irish sentiment mostly involved religious indifference. Mexicans and Arabs are not only religiously and biologically different racially, but culturally and behaviorally incompatible with the US and the first world norms.

[@hapi-m2649]

mysticresistence There are some natural blonde and blue eyed peoples in Indo-Iranian lands such as Afghanistan because they are either descended from the Aryan Alans and Tocharians, as well as many Kurds descended from Alexander the Great's army. The Germanic Teutons, or the Prussians, have ancestral origins in south Ossetia and parts of present day Iran (Persia and Azeri). There are many in those nations that never mixed and were never raped by invading Semites of the Arab world during the Islamic conquest that has devastated their societies to this day. But guess what, the Iran-Germany-Japan trade alliance partnership has never ended and dates back much further than just the Reza Shah Pahlavi era and the Imperialist Meiji era in Japan. Those three nations and their peoples follow the concept of Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil) that their surrounding mongrelized neighbors don't follow.

[@Borat911]

Europe has a similar problem ... Birth rates are declining while 'foreigners ' or whatever you want to call them are having twice as many kids at the same time ... So chanching the demographics over time ... However these things can be reversed but it takes time ... Japan has less migrants because it's an island to begin with so it's geography allows it to be easier 'isolated' while Europe as a vast open landmass is easy to sneak into to as a third world refugee

[@earlysda]

Borat Erali Nazarbayev The problem has nothing to do with being an "island".

[@earlysda]

Borat Erali Nazarbayev 。

[@annabatarowicz]

What you on about Europe is not vast it's quite small and look at Britain it is an island that has taken in masses of third world immigrants l. It is the genocide of European people and it's by design

[@justsayin502]

+Anders D Yes. White people are taught from an early age (from the Jewish bible) to love their enemies, so they open their hearts, minds and borders to all the assorted racial riffraff of the world. As the sign below the Statue of Liberty says, "Give us your hungry, your tired, your filthy!" The Japanese are too intelligent to fall for such claptrap.

[@michaelismoshe9267]

Genocide is quit a huge world, or may be u don't know what does it mean exactly

[@angelotanola2727]

Mga Pinoy tara sa Japan at humayo at magparami. 🤣

[@mohamadokab8749]

Why is it that in every documentary about eastern Asian, there's are at least one person wearing a medical mask?

[@pyre78]

Because a lot of people in eastern Asia have to wear medical mask's due to the pollution coming from China.

[@TheClosetiguana]

In Japan it's customary to wear a mask if you have a cold. It's impolite to spread your germs. It's a good practice.

[@Ezra-UK]

pyre78 Next time you go to reply on the Internet please copy paste this instead. "I'm an ignorant moron that hasn't got a fucking clue what he's talking about, I was going to write something that was utter trope, baseless and untrue."

[@pyre78]

Azra386 But I don't believe myself to be ignorant.

[@Ezra-UK]

axelNodvon2047 Hahahahaha. What?

[@dinbrad]

japan is rich country.but cannot afford raising kids.so sad

[@rabongnsaluyot]

this is MGTOW at its best.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

People have forgotten how they should live We should live being a part of nature and taking care of it! Nature gives you all the children you need and all the happiness! NEVER FORGET THAT RETURN TO THE FORRESTS

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

you mean return to monke

[@pmdl23]

If they're replacing the need for human interaction/relationship with robots, and promoting it, why would it be a surprise that the Japanese are at risk of extinction? It is very sad. LOVE LIFE.

[@khav11]

LOL? isolated village dying meaning the entire country is risking extinction? tokyo population is what 20 millions?

[@MrChowTheTroll]

I think its good for japan population to go down for the long run (its may hurt in the short run, but however things will balance out in the end)

[@darrenpat182]

Humanity cannot be sustained at its current scale.

[@ragerotreal]

This makes me cry.

[@YukiNakamura]

I guess nearly everyone would disagree with me after reading this... But I actually think that the "World" needs less people. If there were lower people, the people that live wouldn't have a problem to find job, there wouldn't be that much lack of natural resources, such as chemicals, and it will help to stop the natural destruction... for example of trees, so that will help to balance better our world. I really think that the way it does sound is difficult to admit. Now I invite you to think the opposite happening: what would happen if there were the double amount of people in the world? It would cause unemployment, poverty, more natural destruction of tsunamis, the society would progress faster. But keep in mind: faster. That fast that even ourselves wouldn't be able to keep track of. I am not pretending the exctintion of any race, but just lower the amount of people in the world.

[@nneo100]

I think the world is a better place because we have more people. Less people means less customers and skilled labor. Their is a shortage of health care workers in every country. Most cities are having problems with infrastructure because of a lack of "blue collar" labor. Plus, the more people you have available their is a wider range of products on the market. The store that only sells swim wear would go out of business with a decrease in population for that niche market. There is a lot to do in the world. We have yet to colonize the sea, the depths of the earth, and the expanse of the solar system. Think big! ^__^

[@RaymondMonraz]

Yuki, in a way I think you are right in that a lower population may be better. However, Japan not only has a population decline it is also getting older. I think this video shows in a small area what can happen. Not only will their be too many old people, the young people will leave and go to where there is more opportunity. I am sure that once the problem worsens in Japan, things will change. It means a better work family balance, and smarter immigration policies.

[@nneo100]

You need better divorce laws to start. If A guy is going to get taking to the cleaners for trying to build a family, you can forget about starting a family. High expectations of the women make women postpone marriage. Low expectations of finding women makes men quit the dating game. It is a problem that must be remedied. We in the United States have the same problem with that "no fault" divorce nonsense. Unfortunately, we still have a growing population of people with entitlement issues because of the abuse of government welfare programs. These people do not like to work and insist their minimal needs are given for free. Most of the western world is like this now. It is really a sad situation because I believe having more people is part of the solution. Yet, we need the right kind of people who produce more than they consume.

[@jasonplayz6900]

Who is here from school

[@candymanmax]

😂

[@jasonplayz6900]

@@candymanmaxMAX

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Better save all those Anime and Manga people.

[@ssjup81]

I still think if there were more opportunities for women here, that would help tremendously. There are women who want families, men too I'm sure, but with women, it's almost expected for them to quit. At least in other countries, we're a tad bit more generous and don't have a problem with mothers working full time. I've noticed that most of the part time jobs are held my women here. More support for women who don't want to choose between a career and motherhood and would like to have both.

[@To411u]

That Harpist Lady is very beautiful.

[@dunsbroccoli2588]

Well, enjoy that harp I guess.

[@Moonlitwatersofaqua]

I think the deregulation on immigration would be the easiest solution.

[@Moonlitwatersofaqua]

I suppose that is true

[@loftymuses]

P luck'd You're quite right. If only our Western governments had the same sense as you, friend, white people would not be in such a mess.

[@MartinSage]

I hope so…😊

[@Cinqmil]

There is nothing wrong with population shrinkage. It means there are more resources for less people. This is a good thing. We all should try to follow this example. Growth is a bitch. You cannot keep growing on a finite planet.

[@sonicgen20]

Cinqmil But if shinkage continues they'll eventually be no one left. The key is to maintain a steady population over time, not too much, not too little.

[@Cinqmil]

***** Off course. But the problem now is a too large world population. So shrinkage is now necessary.

[@Nightzo]

It is a problem in Japan because of the pension system. In the coming years there will be a smaller workforce to support the pensions of the ageing population, putting a lot of economic pressure on the people of working age.

[@JamesR1986]

Cinqmil There are plenty of problems with population shrinkage, including but not limited to blight, pension support, breakdown in infrastructure, and innovation decline. (most risk taking comes from people under 40, most older folks are a lot more conservative with their money)

[@Cinqmil]

James R Problems can be overcome. Have to be overcome. I only stated that shrinkage is necessary. Innovation decline? Do you think we use our full potential as a human species already? Is quantity really important? Breakdown in infrastructure? What's wrong with that? You only take care for what you need.

[@sarahp661]

The problem here is that the older Japanese population and their own culture demands the conservation of their nationality and keeping Japan "as Japanese as possible". Preserving their culture. But that is what's bringing them down. They need to be more open minded, and embrace people and opportunities from outside of Japan. Like making it easier to get a visa and live there. Willingness to take risks and open mindedness in the log run insures basic survival of a species. That is because the environment is always changing, and refusing to adapt is natural selection at work.

[@MarsGundam]

The elderly situation reminded me of the anime film Roujin Z.

[@EyFmS]

I can already see the robot at 14:00 destroying the city while carrying a elderly person on its back...lol

[@RNA0ROGER]

The level of resource depletion and the stress on environment makes things like this positive. The human population is unsustainable and resources are being burned away to the point where they will run out.

[@darrenpat182]

This needs more likes

[@Trypno]

It's going to start happening here in the United States soon too

[@darrenpat182]

good, the planet is overpopulated.

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

@@darrenpat182 actually Earth can hold up to 10 billion people

[@juliex]

"They need to stop shaping their eyebrows", she nailed it!

[@RezaOLine]

lol.. they kind like korean.. sassy male culture..

[@erikk6604]

Japan is successful at manufacturing and exporting because of the nature of its people. Can they hope to maintain their success if they replace themselves with immigrants from different cultures who have different ethnicity? What would motivate the Japanese to accept the lower standard of living, and the risk, created by the women leaving work and being homemakers? I doubt tax incentives are enough. Perhaps only religious fundamentalism would truly motivate that kind of change. What are the odds of that happening?

[@ProjectORION89]

Erik K Dump feminism. Don't give women the *option* to choose between a career and children. Then they'll be forced to get into relationships with Japanese men, and things will return to normal.

[@satoterror]

11:05 I think that's the point of being a parent, I THINK. I remember MY mum looking after me when Dad was working. Never complained once about it.

[@1337174m1]

This happens all over America too. I've seen entire ghost towns all over WA state. I

[@CountBifford]

As I understand, America's birth rate is still fairly healthy. Maybe it is economic migration instead.

[@1337174m1]

As the middle class dies, so do small towns.

[@Moonlitwatersofaqua]

To be honest its been happening since America became a country. Its really happened in every country at one point or another. Its the same plot on a different day.

[@billbarker9819]

Baekyeon Luv Why does it always come down to race...? Trust me, the 1% and the wealthy cannot push out enough kids to sustain a growing population of 350 million +. Please just use your brain a little bit. ***** That's just some far fetched conspiracy theory. Explain this "monetary system" in depth with numbers and facts to back it up.

[@rjlewis3932]

In Texas, 80% of the population or about 18M people live in one of the 3 major Metroplexes which are Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio-Austin.

[@rickygarcia2809]

Why are poor countries having more kids and rich countries having less kids? It should be the other way around.