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Sep. 6th, 2006 01:35 amJapan hopes for male heir [thestar.com]
Somehow everyone thinks that if the royals have a boy,
"the royal baby would encourage young couples to have their own children as well.''
AKA come on women, we need your vehicle to replicate our Y-chromosomes!
The heightened baby talk comes as Japan is consumed by debate over how to remedy the country's slumping birthrate. Japanese women now have a record-low average of 1.25 babies in their lifetime, and the population started dropping for the first time last year. Many fear the trend will lead to labor shortages, a damaged economy and failing pension and health care systems.
Kinda sad that immigration is not even mention, even just to shoot down the idea. Sorry, we have a population problem, but god forbid we let any foreigners come in on anything else but a work visa. We're more scared of your filthy germs than we are interested in remaining the world's richest country.
Somehow everyone thinks that if the royals have a boy,
"the royal baby would encourage young couples to have their own children as well.''
AKA come on women, we need your vehicle to replicate our Y-chromosomes!
The heightened baby talk comes as Japan is consumed by debate over how to remedy the country's slumping birthrate. Japanese women now have a record-low average of 1.25 babies in their lifetime, and the population started dropping for the first time last year. Many fear the trend will lead to labor shortages, a damaged economy and failing pension and health care systems.
Kinda sad that immigration is not even mention, even just to shoot down the idea. Sorry, we have a population problem, but god forbid we let any foreigners come in on anything else but a work visa. We're more scared of your filthy germs than we are interested in remaining the world's richest country.