DECRYPTION – Yet twice as numerous as the French, the Japanese have barely more babies. The decline is inexorable.
Tokyo
“Japanese society is on the verge of paralysis“: for his parliamentary return speech on Monday, the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, sounded the tocsin. The reason for such a call to the start: the demographic collapse of the country. Last year, the Archipelago probably fell below 800,000 births, a figure not seen since the 19th century. Between January and October last, the Ministry of Health recorded 669,871 births. Stunning comparison: even in a situation of demographic shortness itself, France, with a population almost half the size, recorded 606,996 births over the same period. The prospect of a higher number of births in France than in Japan is now less science fiction than science fiction. In 2015 again, Japan had 1 million babies.
This awareness of the Japanese government is very late. Too much, no doubt. The population began to decline fifteen years ago…
This article is for subscribers only. You have 80% left to discover.
Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.
Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month
Already subscribed? Login