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Japan - Decline

Submitted by donvino on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 19:34

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Earlier I made a comment on Japan's fertility rate and high debt to GDP ratio. This report just came out very recently on the BBC regarding relationships in Japan.

I wonder if this also is similar in other Western countries?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16500768

p.s. I found the info on the public health care system very interesting as well.

Get me over there

Submitted by Sonickid101 on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 21:41. Permalink

I'll single-handedly repopulate that whole nation within 5 years a different girl every night :P

nvm my math is flawed

Submitted by Sonickid101 on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 21:43. Permalink

that only comes out to $1825 kids :/

" a third of young Japanese

Submitted by Shero on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 19:45. Permalink

" a third of young Japanese men have no interest in sex."

I call bull.

"young men," "no interest" and "sex" do not go together.

Just sayin'...

Well, to be more accurate...

Submitted by common on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 19:54. Permalink

They have no interest in relationships. I haven't lived in Japan, but I have spent a lot of time in Korea... Relationships there are pretty involved and are steeped in expectation of how they're supposed to work. There are certainly a lot of factors involved, but I think shifts in the cultural concepts of masculinity, femininity, and relationships as a whole are the biggest factors.

Oh, and about the healthcare... Having experienced it, single-payer healthcare is both inexpensive and very efficient. Personally, I'm hoping that the elimination of Federal subsidies and regulations under Paul's administration will allow States to experiment with single-payer and other healthcare systems :)