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Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare (www.xatakaon.com)

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[–] DeadWorldWalking 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In countries with lax immigration they would be more lax about extending visas.

The Japanese government can choose to address these issues whenever they feel like fixing their population collapse.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya 2 points 4 days ago

On the one hand, there is little to no racial tension in Japan. I'm not saying I agree with their policies, but it's on them even if it means their population becomes 80 million from 120 million in the next two generations.