Why Humans Are Vanishing

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Average number of #births per woman falls to 0.72 in country that already has the world’s lowest rate, and has spent billions since 2006 to reverse the trend.

If the low #FertilityRate persists, the population of #Asia’s fifth-biggest economy is projected to almost halve to 26.8 million by 2100. #PopulationCrash

#SouthKorea’s fertility rate sinks to record low despite $270bn in incentives
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/28/south-korea-fertility-rate-2023-fall-record-low-incentives

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I'm starting to track the #PopulationCrash trends in #Japan, #China and #SouthKorea. Big implications not just for them but for us as well here in the #Philippines and the rest of #ASEAN.

Will also be including developments and breakthroughs in #ElderCare in the toot chain. It's going to be badly needed.

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The 758,631 babies born in #Japan in 2023 were a 5.1% decline from the previous year. It was the lowest number of #births since Japan started compiling the statistics in 1899.

The number of #marriages fell by 5.9% to 489,281 couples, falling below a half million for the first time in 90 years– one of the key reasons for the #DecliningBirths. #PopulationCrash

Births in Japan hit record low as government warns crisis at ‘critical state’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/28/birth-rate-japan-record-low-2023-data-details
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The announcement provides new insight into how the decline in #China’s population could affect Western firms that sell goods and services in the country. An #AgingPopulation is already weighing on China’s economic growth, and policymakers are worried that a #ShrinkingWorkforce could threaten economic and social stability in the long term. #PopulationCrash

#Nestlé is closing an infant formula factory as China's #BirthRate plunges
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/19/business-food/nestle-infant-formula-china-birth-rate/index.html

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"Aiming for a romantic display on a romantic day, a marriage registration office in the city of #Mianyang in #Sichuan Province decided to livestream the marriage registration ceremonies during this year’s festival which fell on August 22.

There was just one problem. Very few couples turned up to get married, according to those watching."

Young Chinese choose dating, staying single as marriage declines in #China | #PopulationCrash
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/9/22/marriage-declines-in-china-as-young-chinese-choose-dating-staying-single

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"Japanese nationals declined for the 14th consecutive year in 2022, with a record low of 772,000 births in Japan significantly exceeded by a record high 1.57 million deaths." #Japan #BirthRate #PopulationCrash

Japanese population falls in all 47 prefectures for 1st time - The Mainichi
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230726/p2g/00m/0na/008000c

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"It’s something of an inconvenient truth for the #robot enthusiasts that despite the publicity, government support, and subsidies—and the real technological achievements of engineers and programmers—#robots don’t really feature in any major aspect of most people’s daily lives in #Japan, including #ElderCare. " #AgingPopulation #PopulationCrash

Inside Japan’s long experiment in automating eldercare
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065135/japan-automating-eldercare-robots/

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"Concerned about China’s first population drop in six decades and its rapid aging, the government’s political advisers proposed in March that single and unmarried women should have access to egg freezing and IVF treatment, among other services. China’s leaders have not commented publicly on the recommendations."

#China weighs giving single women #IVF access to stem population decline ¦ #PopulationCrash #AgingPopulation
https://www.rappler.com/science/life-health/china-weighs-giving-single-women-ivf-access-stem-population-decline/

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In a policy address in January, Kishida said Japan's low birth rate and #AgeingPopulation posed an urgent risk to society, adding that "focusing attention on policies regarding children and child-rearing is an issue that cannot wait and cannot be postponed".

#Japan Prime Minister Kishida under fire for linking loans to having babies | #PopulationCrash #Demographics | Philstar.com
https://www.philstar.com/world/2023/03/04/2249277/japan-prime-minister-kishida-under-fire-linking-loans-having-babies

"A South Korean woman can now expect to have an average of 0.78 children in her lifetime – the lowest level since records were first kept in 1970 – making South Korea the only country in the world with a fertility rate below one."

#SouthKorea’s #birthrate sinks to fresh record low as #PopulationCrisis deepens | #PopulationCrash |
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/22/south-koreas-birthrate-sinks-to-fresh-record-low-as-population-crisis-deepens

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"The incentive – a dramatic rise from the previous relocation fee of ¥300,000 – will be introduced in April, according to Japanese media reports, as part of an official push to breathe life into declining towns and villages."

Million yen per child to leave #Tokyo – #Japan’s offer to families | #PopulationCrash
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/million-yen-per-child-to-leave-tokyo-japans-offer-to-families