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drew51 · December 30, 2013

I think we have no clue what the future holds. In Japan the population is decreasing. We know it is very crowded there. Young people are not only not interested in having kids, many young people have no interest in even having sex. So I'm not so sure overpopulation will really be extreme

From a news story...
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"The data confirmed a wider social belief that younger men are becoming “herbivorous”, a label attached to passive men who do not actively seek women and sex.
The latest biennial survey found that 36.1 percent of Japanese males between the ages of 16-19 said they had no interest or even despised sex, a jump from 17.5 percent in the 2008 study.
Compounding the issue was data that showed 59 percent of girls in the same age group felt the same way, up 12 percentage points from 2008.
The data is a worry for a government aiming to encourage couples to have
children to reverse a falling birth rate and avert a potential economic calamity."
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So who predicted Japan would have a problem with low birth rates?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...lobal-economy/

Anyway we are going to be needing a lot less food in Japan in the near future!!

December 30, 2013	#24
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	I think we have no clue what the future holds. In Japan the population is decreasing. We know it is very crowded there. Young people are not only not interested in having kids, many young people have no interest in even having sex. So I'm not so sure overpopulation will really be extreme From a news story... ------------------ "The data confirmed a wider social belief that younger men are becoming “herbivorous”, a label attached to passive men who do not actively seek women and sex. The latest biennial survey found that 36.1 percent of Japanese males between the ages of 16-19 said they had no interest or even despised sex, a jump from 17.5 percent in the 2008 study. Compounding the issue was data that showed 59 percent of girls in the same age group felt the same way, up 12 percentage points from 2008. The data is a worry for a government aiming to encourage couples to have children to reverse a falling birth rate and avert a potential economic calamity." ----------------- So who predicted Japan would have a problem with low birth rates? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...lobal-economy/ Anyway we are going to be needing a lot less food in Japan in the near future!!