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Answerman - Why Is Japan's Population Declining?

Declining population isn't good if only you're doing it.
is it no wonder the first thing Hitler wanted to do was make more babies? More bodies wins every conflict.

Cam0 wrote:

Vaisaga wrote: It's not that otaku men aren't interested in 3D women, it's that 3D women aren't interested in otaku men. Nah, probably more like that the otaku aren't interested in trying to actively pursue a relationship.

It sounds like it might be both. I'm trying to find a link to it, but there was a news report from earlier this year where one of the analysts suggested that part of the problem could be that otaku media gives young men unrealistically idealized depictions of what having a girlfriend would be like, which leads to a lot of young women not wanting to bother with them.

I mean one of the most frequent jokes/insults I see aimed at a lot of otaku-oriented anime is that the writers have clearly never actually had girlfriends before.

As I said before, Japan may need to be like the UK and undergo a demographic and cultural change. What it means to be "Japanese" cannot be simply about heritage and belonging to a nation state of vaguely defined East Asians.

People who oppose multiculturalism use Europe as an example, but Sweden and Norway are doing perfectly fine. It's just that Fox News and the right-wing EU media exaggerate Muslim behaviour. Most crime comes from natives. Even in the USA, which claims to be a culturally homogenous country, yet is highly diverse. Immigrants in NYC, LA and Miami don't melt into a pot, but they are part of the salad bowl and it does work! Foreigners do better than native Americans. Whilst we have debates about America's role or lack thereof in bringing prosperity for "African-Americans", actual African-Americans are the most educated group in America.

Besides, some argue that immigration into Britain was a way for Britain to pay for what it done to the world. Japan should accept immigration from Asia to show that it has repented for its own sins.

You have this backwards. Most young women have a completely unrealistic view of what a man should provide and do for them and more men are just opting out instead of dealing with ever increasing bullshit.

This is happening the world over but in Japan it is much accelerated.

I see all kinds of hentai manga with the premise of "Japanese government legalizes rape to combat declining birth rate"

As I said before, Japan may need to be like the UK and undergo a demographic and cultural change.

Immigration will never be an answer. Japan is too nationalistic for that. Also, who's to say that any immigrant groups would be willing to accept Japanese customs/norms. Eventually it would lead to situations similar to those in Europe.

Mr.Shonen wrote:

Immigration will never be an answer. Japan is too nationalistic for that. Also, who's to say that any immigrant groups would be willing to accept Japanese customs/norms. Eventually it would lead to situations similar to those in Europe.

Justin said 1/3 of Japan's population is over 60, and I believe this nationalistic ideal is held by them the most. So as the old guard dies out, the younger generation with an open mind will change the policies and let more immigrants move in, and let women have more flexibility between work and raising a child.

Foreigners do better than native Americans.

Can I have what you're smoking especially for that repent for sins tripe you spouted? Why should Japan go through a European style change? Real life ain't that decades old Coca Cola commercial. I live in NYC, it's not the Diversity Utopia people like you claim it is. Most of it is pockets filled different ethnicities where English is not their first language, rather stick to their own kind and pretend their street is the place they came from. Also, don't act like every non native European that lives in a Sweden or England is accepting of their host nations customs and traditions.

Back to Japan. They literally had no problem taking over other Asian countries 80 years ago. You really think every Japanese person is gonna except those people with open arms automatically foregoing their biases and prejudices. Again please let me have what you're smoking.

You have this backwards. Most young women have a completely unrealistic view of what a man should provide and do for them and more men are just opting out instead of dealing with ever increasing bullshit.

This is happening the world over but in Japan it is much accelerated.

They literally had no problem taking over other Asian countries 80 years ago. You really think every Japanese person is gonna except those people with open arms automatically foregoing their biases and prejudices.

Japan has two options:

1) Propose, pass, and enforce natalist policies. Such policies should be pro-active. Tax breaks for having children. Better access to affordable child care and other services to make raising children less of a financial burden. But natalism carries its own dangers, as unchecked population growth creates an ever-greater drain on natural resources. Japan should focus on stabilizing their population by increasing the total fertility rate to right at or only slightly above replacement level.

2) Encourage immigration. This would be the quick-fix solution. More foreign-born people coming to live and work in Japan creates more workers and grows the economy, assuming per capita GDP remains constant or grows. In fact, the only reason the U.S.'s population is continuing to grow is because of immigration, as our total fertility rate is a bit below replacement level. An immigration-focused would have to focus on assimilation of immigrants and on encouraging businesses to hire foreign-born workers and pay them well, as well as tolerate non-Japanese as customers. However, this policy runs into problems of its own. Japan is a racially homogeneous nation with a strong xenophobic undercurrent. An influx of immigrants can help stoke nativist and racist sentiment just as it does in the West (what's Japanese for "They took our jobs!"?), thus resulting in a backlash.

But whether it's from increasing the fertility rate or bringing in immigrants, Japan will have to find some way to grow or at least stabilize its population if it doesn't want to continue shrinking.

People who oppose multiculturalism use Europe as an example, but Sweden and Norway are doing perfectly fine. It's just that Fox News and the right-wing EU media exaggerate Muslim behaviour.