The government reported that Japan’s birth rate is declining for the 35th consecutive year. The results say that the graying of society and the fall in birthrate are accelerating. The Japanese rate of societal graying was worse than Italy and Germany.
Some people are trying to solve this problem. One of the representatives is a charismatic economist, Kazuyo Katsuma. She advocates “creating a child-friendly society”.
The movie, “Creating A Child-Friendly Society”
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/movie/feature73.html
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Japan’s child population sags to record low
http://www.zeenews.com/news529237.html
PS
I think one of the biggest problems which is related to this problem is working for long hours. I will write about this problem in the future.
The Wisdom of Crowds 