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Re:Japan’s lost generation is still jobless and living with ... by brazzy on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:17AM (#24670970)
Japan has a smaller population now than they had in 1980, and a much smaller working age population:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Japan

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Re:Japan’s lost generation is still jobless and living with ... by roenxi on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:57AM (#24671150)
You may have misread the numbers slightly; population of ~117 million in 1980 and a population of ~ 125 million today.

And the chart in that article shows that they basically stopped having children in 1980 which would be consistent with a "running out of resources" hypothesis as a root cause. If they hit a wall in economic carrying capacity circa 1980 that chart would supporting evidence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan

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