2050年に日本が直面する最大の問題は何だと思いますか?

はじめに

現在、日本が抱えている問題は沢山あります。2050年に日本が直面する最大の問題は何だと思いますか?という問いに、英文でショートエッセイを書いてみました。

本文

What do you think is the single biggest problem that Japan will face in the year 2050?

In my opinion, the single biggest problem that Japan will face in 2050 is the declining birth rate. It was expected a long time ago that this problem would happen soon or later. However, many politicians procrastinated about it and didn’t take serious measures to solve it until now. Therefore, it has become unavoidable. I think that the following problems will happen in Japan.

Firstly, due to the birth rate declining, it is said that in the year 2050 the population of Japan will have shrunk by 30M people, which will lead to a problem for scaling down the Japanese market economy.

Secondly, even now many seniors still live in the countryside. They have their own houses and rice fields working as farmers. Yet, these will be abandoned because there will not be many people who want to live there to take over their business.

Lastly, Japan has not clearly mentioned yet that it will allow foreign workers to support its decreased workforce in the future. I don’t think that by 2050 robots will be replacing a majority of our jobs. As a result, Japan will suffer from its low workforce.

In conclusion, I think that Japan will face all of the problems listed in 2050.

ポイント

birth rate　出生率

procrastinate　先延ばしにする

in the year 2050 the population of Japan will have shrunk by 30M people
2050年には、3000千万人の人口が減っているでしょう。
will have shrunk未来完了形を使って表現しています。

scale down　規模が縮小する

seniors　高齢者（65歳以上）

take over their business　家業を継ぐ

workforce　労働力

まとめ

日本が抱える問題の一つ、少子高齢化について、将来起こり得る問題を英文で書きました。今後、ある程度の労働人口、経済の縮小は避けることができません。その中で、私たちは日本国内、海外の諸外国とどのように向き合っていくべきか真剣に考えて行動していく必要があります。