Jakarta –
Japan has been hit by a sex recession in recent years. Because of this sex recession, the birth rate in Sakura Country continues to decline. The number of children dwindled.
Launching Aljazeera, Thursday (6/4/2023), in 2022 yesterday the annual birth rate in Japan was even at its lowest in the country’s history. Throughout the year, the birth rate in Japan is below 800,000.
Thus, the current birth rate in Japan is only 1.34. This figure is far below the minimum required to maintain a stable population, meaning Japan’s population could drop from 125 million to 88 million in 2065.
It’s no wonder that this issue eventually became one of the main focuses of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. “Japan is on the verge of whether we can continue to function as a society,” Kishida was quoted as saying detikcom Thursday (6/4/2023).
So what are the obstacles in Japan that many citizens are reluctant to have children?
It is known that the high cost of living is one of the main factors that make many people in Japan not want to have children. As is known, Japan is the third most expensive country for raising children, its position is below China and South Korea.
In addition, many Japanese people, especially women, have high career ambitions. So many of them choose not to have children because they feel burdened.
“Raising children really costs a lot of money,” said one Japanese resident, Chika Hashimoto.
“It’s not easy for Japanese women to balance careers and raising a family because we have to choose between the two,” she continued.
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