Japan is at the beginning of a population crisis. The fertility rate is so low that the population is actually starting to decline. Not a good thing to happen as the baby boomers begin to retire. Internatioanlly this is not a unique problem, Cnada shares the problem and has decided to concentrate on immigration to combat the problem. Japan on the other hand seems somewhat stubborn about addressing the problem: the often employed ignore the problem and hopefully it will go away strategy doesnt seem to be working.
Yesterday, the Minister for the Health and Labour Ministry, recently appointed by the new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, referred to women as simply machines for making babies! Shocking but even more shocking is I cant find reference to this in today's English media!
Ahhh. What an interesting place to live.
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Wow, that is truly shocking! I guess men could be compared to the likes of booster cables then. I'd rather be the machine than the accessory!
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