Japan urged to use gloomier population forecasts after plunge in births

4 Michelangelo11 4 6/12/2025, 10:41:47 AM ft.com ↗

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toomuchtodo · 20h ago
sandra_vu · 23h ago
they need to cut down work hours
immibis · 23h ago
It's amazing how all these politicians and other elites keep complaining about low birth rates, but they're not willing to lift a finger to do anything that would improve rates of wanted births. Always pay attention to a politician's actions, not their words.
ProllyInfamous · 20h ago
>improve rates of wanted births

A problem is many of these politicians call themselves pro-life™, when they're actually pro-birth™ (as indicated in their political actions, which are certainly not pro-choice™). You have to make it a society where people WANT to reproduce...

We used to suggest forced birthings as slavery, now it's just with extra steps (to quote R&M).