Comment on Anon is waiting for Japan
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoYou are the only person I have seen claiming the elder population of Japan is decreasing or that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Comment on Anon is waiting for Japan
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoYou are the only person I have seen claiming the elder population of Japan is decreasing or that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If Generation A has a higher number of people than Generation B then when Generation A dies off there will be a lower number of elderly in Generation B. It’s a temporary slump. It might last a decade or more, but it is temporary.
Right now a lot of skilled workers are fleeing to the EU, so Japan could totally capitalize on that. Or it can just educate its population to be skilled labor and give all the low skilled labor (if that even exists) to immigrants. Immigrants work hard for lower wages and are less prone to crime, there is no good faith argument against that.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The projected population of elderly people is projected to be 40% of the total population within 50 years unless substantial shifts happen. They are not replacing workers fast enough.
Japan has never wanted more immigrants and soon they will need a LOT of immigrants. Japan’s traditional xenophobia might prevent them for getting enough people.