The origins of Japan 's shrinking population and its repercussions
The population of advanced countries is known to be growing at a lower rate than those of developping countries. But more than a low growth, some countries actually experience a decline of their population. Japan became one of those countries in 2009, and as of 2016, has a negative growth rate of 0.19% according to the CIA. There are several factors that account for this situation, and challenges that Japan will face in the near future as a consequence of its demographic descent.
One of the main source on this worrysome situation is a considerable decrease of the country 's birth rate, which is of 7.8 per 1000 in 2016. As Japan as a 9.6 per 1000 death rate, the country is therefore failing to renew its population ( "People and Society"). This low birth rate reflects the changes occuring in the Japanese 21st century society. Young Japanese enjoy the perks of being single and are less attracted to a marital life. Instead, they chose to focus and a career, especially Japanese women who are finally given a chance to shine professionally. The country is finally offering more careers opportunities for women who now ascent in prohiminent political positions (" A leap for Japan 's Women"), and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is actively campaining to reduce gender inequality of the …show more content…
In addition, a lack of child care facilities put Japanese women makes it really diffuclt to juggle between a professional and maritale life. Those women face therefore a real dilemma frcing them to chose between a marital or career life, and an increasing number of them chose the
The population of advanced countries is known to be growing at a lower rate than those of developping countries. But more than a low growth, some countries actually experience a decline of their population. Japan became one of those countries in 2009, and as of 2016, has a negative growth rate of 0.19% according to the CIA. There are several factors that account for this situation, and challenges that Japan will face in the near future as a consequence of its demographic descent.
One of the main source on this worrysome situation is a considerable decrease of the country 's birth rate, which is of 7.8 per 1000 in 2016. As Japan as a 9.6 per 1000 death rate, the country is therefore failing to renew its population ( "People and Society"). This low birth rate reflects the changes occuring in the Japanese 21st century society. Young Japanese enjoy the perks of being single and are less attracted to a marital life. Instead, they chose to focus and a career, especially Japanese women who are finally given a chance to shine professionally. The country is finally offering more careers opportunities for women who now ascent in prohiminent political positions (" A leap for Japan 's Women"), and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is actively campaining to reduce gender inequality of the …show more content…
In addition, a lack of child care facilities put Japanese women makes it really diffuclt to juggle between a professional and maritale life. Those women face therefore a real dilemma frcing them to chose between a marital or career life, and an increasing number of them chose the