Japan's population may drop by almost one-third by 2070

Re:Japan's population may drop by almost one-third by 2070 by cies on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @10:24AM (#35714124)

So shrinking absolutely leads to austerity measures?

I find that hard to believe.

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Re:Japan's population may drop by almost one-third by 2070 by s1artibartfast on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @11:41AM (#35715521)

Nothing is absolute or predetermined, and in fact it is incredibly complicated and uncertain.

That said, with all things being equal I would expect austerity simply because you have a smaller and smaller percent of the population working

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