Depopulation of Japan: Low Birth, Aging Population. Gov't in PANIC! Down to 87M from 124M by 2070

[YoshidaYui]

[no_hypocrisy]

1. While I can understand the panic due to declining economic growth based

on declining birth rates, Japan is a series of islands.

Won't it run out of room for residents to live if they have overpopulation?

[RazorbackExpat]

3. Japan has plenty of room in the countryside

But it's difficult to attract young people to such areas because they are pretty boring and don't have a lot of attractive jobs. On top of that, a lot of those areas are either in cold areas, or in isolated areas, or are subject to more than their share of natural disasters

[Envirogal]

2. Depopulation everywhere is a GOOD THING!

Governments are going to have to start planning for this 30 year correction of an imbalance of young vs. old until equilibrium is reached. Painful, but necessary for the human species not to overextend themselves into oblivion.

Less human population is the only thing that is going to reverse the trajectory we are on with resource depletion, declines of wildlife species, excessive pollution, and GHG emissions. Mo’ people might bring more economic activity but the amount of Mo’ problems that come with it all is Mo’ harm than good..