It's o.k., help is on the way! These guys will turn it around.
Posted on 06/07/2005 1:00:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The fertility rate of Japanese women in 2004 remained at the record low of 1.29 children per woman, the same as the previous year, a survey showed.
A population survey report issued by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed that, when taken to the third decimal place, the rate was actually slightly below 1.29 last year, and slightly above in 2003, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Wednesday.
The results show that the rate is continuing to decline, which will force the government to continue to devise measures to counter the trend.
In an estimate released by the ministry in January, the number of births in Japan in 2004 was calculated at 1,107,000, a drop of 17,000 compared to the previous year.
Since the birthrate per 100 people was also 0.1 points lower than the previous year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare had said there was a possibility that the total fertility rate would fall below 1.29.
50 years ago they thought 90 million was intolerable and they were all going to suffocate. What is it now?
Too much sushi will do it.........
quote "which will force the government to continue to devise measures to counter the trend"
um... try outlawing abortion ... and the birthrate will skyrocket.
Keep that up and China will wait until the Japanese population gets very low and take over the island.
It's o.k., help is on the way! These guys will turn it around.
"The fertility rate of Japanese women in 2004 remained at the record low of 1.29 children per woman, the same as the previous year, a survey showed."
That's a record low? Even if you could get pregnant immediately after giving birth, if the mother brought the baby to full term, that would be a fertility rate of 1.33. Are all Japanese women pregnant all the time?
Japan * ping * (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
30? 35? That's on the verge of becoming old maids. Darn well better get married by then!
The total fertility rate is the average number of children born to a woman over her entire lifetime, not each year. 2.1 is considered to be the replacement rate where population will be stable. Below this population falls without immigration to make up for the shortfall. Japan has little immigration.
The best time for women to get married is usually before they turn 25. After that, the chances of them getting married as well as being pregnant decreases significantly.
"The total fertility rate is the average number of children born to a woman over her entire lifetime, not each year. 2.1 is considered to be the replacement rate where population will be stable. Below this population falls without immigration to make up for the shortfall. Japan has little immigration."
Yes, I know, but the way the article was written it sounded like it was annual, so I was imagining what things would be like if actually were annual.
I'm helping a lot with this problem, these days...
bttt
Personally, I wouldnt mind it if we had stayed at 200 million, no traffic, no bilingual, lots of farms, fields and woods to hunt in, etc. But I am in the minority, and most americans want congestion and huge never ending increases in population.
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