PM's adviser claims that ‘will disappear’ if individuals don't have more children
(MENAFN) Masako Mori, an aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, claims that if the issue of Japan's extraordinarily low birthrate is not resolved, the nation may cease to exist. Mori, a member of the upper house and a former minister, offers the PM advice on both the birthrate issue and LGBTQ-related matters.
Shortly after the nation's Ministry of Health released yearly figures on mortality and birth rates that painted a very bleak image, the official made the comments in an interview. In the country, 1.58 million individuals died compared to 799,728 reported births, which is a ratio of 2:1.
Mori also mentioned that "if we go on like this, the country will disappear. It’s the people who have to live through the process of disappearance who will face enormous harm. It's a terrible disease that will afflict those children."
Despite the birthrate statistic falling for the first time below the 800,000 threshold in the last year, the results confirm Japan's ten-year pattern of population decrease. The median age of Japan, where the population is still aging, is 49 years. With more than 29 percent of the population being over 65, Japan now ranks second in the world for having the oldest population, trailing only the tiny European nation of Monaco.
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