Today, May 8, three days ago, that is, May 5, is Japan's children's day. However, a data report shows that the number of children in Japan is decreasing year by year, which may be the most terrible crisis in Japan, because there will be fewer and fewer young people and more and more old people in Japan in the future. This is absolutely an anxious reality.
Old age support is a problem in Japan
According to a Japanese news report, the latest statistics released by the Ministry of general affairs show that as of April 1, the total number of children under 15 years old in Japan was 15.33 million, a decrease of 180000 compared with the same period last year, a 38 year decrease in a row, and a record low. Data show that among 15.33 million children, 7.85 million are boys and 7.48 million are girls. At the same time, the proportion of children in the total population was 12.1%, which was 0.2 percentage point lower than that of the same period of last year, a decline of 45 consecutive years and a record low. The number of children and the proportion of children in the total population both set the lowest records in history, reflecting the severe trend of Japan's fewer children. The total number of children in Japan has been decreasing since 1954, when it reached the peak of 29.89 million. Although it increased during the second baby boom period from 1971 to 1974, it has been declining since 1982.
In Japan's prisons, many prisoners are old people, most of whom are old women. They are not serious crimes. Some of them steal a bento or a coke. The reason is simple? The old man is very lonely, and the pension money is not enough. Think about it, it's the most comfortable in prison. Many elderly prisoners, who have just come out of prison and committed crimes, continue to serve their sentences in prison.
Japan encourages young people to have more children
How to do? The most effective way is to give birth to more children. As a result, Japan has introduced child birth subsidies and child subsidies from top to bottom to persuade young people to fall in love, get married and have children early.
However, most Japanese still choose not to marry and become infertile, not only because of the high cost of getting married and raising children, but also because there are too many 24-hour convenience stores in Japan. This is the lifeline of the people and the reason why people don't need the other half. With convenience stores, they don't need anything else, including their wives and children.