インターネット調査室：　「Japan births at new low as population shrinks and ages」　＜ー　国際記事になる日本の低出生率

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AP: 28 Nov,2022

「Japan births at new low as population shrinks and ages」:   現実は厳しい状況。

The number of babies born in Japan this year is below last year’s record low in what the the top government spokesman described as a “critical situation.”

分かっていて、特にアクションをおこしていない気がします。

The total of 599,636 Japanese born in January-September was 4.9% below last year’s figure, suggesting the number of births in all of 2022 might fall below last year's record low of 811,000 babies

コロナの影響を差し引いても凄まじい減り方ですね～。

Japan is the world’s third biggest economy but living costs are high and wage increases have been slow. The conservative government has lagged on making society more inclusive for children, women and minorities.

問題が分かっていて解決しないのは自己責任です。

So far, the government’s efforts to encourage people to have more babies have had limited impact despite payments of subsidies for pregnancy, childbirth and child care.

そんな感じには見えません。

Many younger Japanese have balked at marrying or having families, discouraged by bleak job prospects, onerous commutes and corporate cultures incompatible with having both parents work.

だわね～。

Japan’s population of more than 125 million has been declining for 14 years and is projected to fall to 86.7 million by 2060. A shrinking and aging population has huge implications for the economy and for national security as the country fortifies its military to counter China’s increasingly assertive territorial ambitions.

この話は、結構シリアスです。　というのは、私の住んでいる（シャイナタウンから数キロ）など、店のオーナーの１−２割は中国人で、お客様も中華系です。近くの小学校も児童が中国系に舞っています。　おそらく東池袋もそうでしょう。これは、氷山の一角でしょう。

A government-commissioned panel submitted a report to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week citing the low birth rate and falling population as factors that might erode Japan’s national strength.

分かっていているならなんとかしろと言いたいのですが、実際は国民の意志がこの現状を招いているので、政府的には、国民に人口が減るとどうなるかを訴えるべきでしょう。この点は、以前のフランスが日本と似ていながら人口を増やしているので参考になると思います。

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