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Re:Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic ... by INTPenis on Sunday July 30, 2023 @05:35AM (#36929455)
Sure but I've seen this problem solved, on a smaller scale but still. Sweden also had declining birth rates, maybe they still do, and now almost every nursing home is staffed by immigrants.

I'd say at least 98% of nursing staff is from outside Sweden, mostly 1st generation immigrants.

So there is absolutely a solution in immigration.

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Re:Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic ... by og_kalu on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:20AM (#36939376)
>Sure but I've seen this problem solved, on a smaller scale but still.

No you haven't.

1. Sweden's hasn't had declining rates for either as long or as low as Japan. Japan have a bigger share of aged people already and the real problems have yet to hit.

Sweden have solved nothing lol. They're basically Year 40 on the table. The pyramid is only going to get so much worse. Immigrants taking care of the old now is the least of the myriad of problems that will hit.

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