Japan's population dropped by 644,000 in a single year
- Thread starter Brer Dog
- Start date
Like many western countries they gokng to have to beg for negros to come over soon 
keep pumping out kids my African brehs and brehettes
keep pumping out kids my African brehs and brehettes
This was back in 2004. In nearly 2 decades its only gotten worse.This world has a lotta work to do. Women want marriage, just not the bullshyt that can come with it.TOKYO — No matter how independent, fashionable or popular she may be, Japan’s unwed woman has long been labeled the eternal loser -- lonesome during the holidays, dreaming of the child she never had, dreading the inevitable question at family gatherings: “Aren’t you married yet?”
But in unprecedented numbers, Japanese women are defying the stereotype with a firm “No”
“Women these days aren’t going to marry just anybody,” said Junko Sakai, whose “Howl of the Loser Dogs” has sold more than 300,000 copies.
Marriage has certainly lost some of its allure.
Over the last decade, Japanese government figures say, the portion of Japanese women aged 25 to 29 who never married has surged from 40% to 54%. The percentage for women aged 30-34 has increased from 14% to 27%. In the United States, according to census data, 40% of women from 25 to 29 are single, as are 23% of the 30-to-34 bracket.
Men are also delaying marriage these days, but often they cite economic reasons: trouble finding a job that gives them the stability they need for married life, or reluctance to assume the responsibilities of family.
Many Japanese women, however, blame the typical male, who expects the wife to cheerfully surrender her job, or juggle a career with keeping house and raising the kids.
“It’s not that we’re set on being single. We’re thirsting for a good marriage, but we can’t find the right guy,” Sakai, 38, said in a Tokyo interview. “Men haven’t changed their old mind-set. Women have grown too powerful for them.”
It’s a dramatic reversal of the Japanese tradition that praises early marriage and criticizes women who delay marriage as unattractive and selfish.
In the 1980s, a woman unmarried by 25 was dismissed as “Christmas cake” -- thrown out on Dec. 26. These days, the big number is 31, and women unmarried by that age are “New Year’s Eve noodles,” noodles being a typical New Year’s Eve dish.
The change is having a profound impact on public policy, with the government worrying that the plunging birthrate augurs labor shortages and less support for the growing ranks of the elderly.
The birthrate now averages 1.29 per woman -- a record low for Japan and far short of the 2.13 average in the United States, according to Japanese and U.S. figures.
Chikako Ogura, professor of gender studies at Waseda University in Tokyo, draws little comfort from government proposals to reverse the trend, such as adding child-care facilities and prodding employers to grant maternity leave.
The critical problem is that people aren’t getting married at all. Young women have jobs and reject a marriage that won’t deliver a more comfortable life, she says. Government studies show that men spend on average less than 10 minutes a day on housework while working women put in two hours.
“Women are looking for a marital partner who’ll allow them to do whatever they want. They want a marriage that’s perfect, economically and mentally. There aren’t that many men who can offer that,” Ogura said. “And they’re all taken.”
In the old days, marriages were often arranged by families. Such practices are now seen as outdated, but no widely accepted alternative has emerged.
Frances Rosenbluth, professor of political science at Yale University, says the system of lifetime employment at Japanese companies is at fault.
In a society that assumes companies hire workers for life, maternity leave and child-rearing are treated as a costly stigma.
“Women are not satisfied with the old way, but they don’t have a new way. They’re stuck. The way they cope with that is by at least having some career before getting married. They figure once they get married, it’s going to be all over,” she said.
The one segment responding to the growing singles trend is the service industry, for example hotels and health spas, which used to shun single women customers as tightwads.
The idea of an independent woman enjoying leisure is so new that traditional Japanese hotels wouldn’t even allow females traveling alone to spend the night, fearing that they were looking for a place to commit suicide.
That trend is decreasing. “The options for Japanese women have grown more diverse, rather than the old formula of marriage being the only way to happiness,” said Kaori Haishi, 38, a food critic who has set up a web page with other women to recommend restaurants and hotels friendly to solitary females.
Nowadays, many single women feel increasingly free to choose, rather than simply cave in to social pressure, said Etsuko Moriyama, 38, who worked on Sakai’s book. “Like a child, a marriage is like a blessing,” said Moriyama, who is divorced. “Maybe I’ll get married, maybe I won’t.”
they even hate if you have chinese or korean heritage (but born and raised in Japan) too, it's crazy
They don't have the land nor farming to sustain a country with a large population.
Geography of Japan sucks
I remember reading or seeing a doc on this a few years ago too. It's about how/why Japan became known for minimalism and stacked cities. They had to, the percentage of livable/farmable land is tiny compared to actual land mass.
And they have deserted towns all over the country. I think the population aged out of small towns and moved into the cities. I used to work in random Japanese towns hours away from major cities. Blocks of deserted houses and businesses, empty streets…there’s one famous deserted island off the coast of Nagasaki.
Last edited:
RareHunter
All Star
30% of the population being older than 65
30% of the population being older than 65
Only 1 billion ppl “can remain”, will you make the cut?
Repent, Turn away from your sins and get right with The Most High.
And they have deserted towns all over the country. I think the populated aged out of small towns and moved into the cities. I used to work in random Japanese towns hours away from major cities. Blocks of deserted houses and businesses, empty streets…there’s one famous deserted island off the coast of Nagasaki.
Vice did a doc a year or two ago about how there's a movement trying to get ppl to go back to the country/smaller towns:
japan is a really small country, way smaller then california. the reality is they need old people to die
TreySav
D-Block General
Capitalism, gender roles, and fatherlessness has been doing a number on Japan since 2004
Ya' Cousin Cleon
OG COUCH CORNER HUSTLA
It ain't gonna pan out like that
the Latinos who can pass for or further assimilate to white are Hispanic in name only
even the Meszitos (?) or the ones with a white parent may pass but it comes with some restrictions, socially that is.
so its really for naught.
the Latinos who can pass for or further assimilate to white are Hispanic in name only
even the Meszitos (?) or the ones with a white parent may pass but it comes with some restrictions, socially that is.
so its really for naught.
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
Depopulation is a problem for a world that is defined by constant growth.
China is going to have this problem on steroids. They're one child policy screwed the country's intermediate/long-term economic outlook.
Fast forward to 17:30. Whole video is interesting.
China is going to have this problem on steroids. They're one child policy screwed the country's intermediate/long-term economic outlook.
Fast forward to 17:30. Whole video is interesting.
Mordith
H.E.N.R.Y.
Mr. McDowell
The Brotha's Got His Own Money
You shyt on America for too many immigrants, then you shyt Japan for not wanting immigrants. Make up your minds.