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    Dies ist das Jahr, in dem Japan sein Alter wirklich spüren wird


    Dies ist das Jahr, in dem Japan sein Alter wirklich spüren wird

    https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2024/11/20/this-is-the-year-japan-will-really-start-to-feel-its-age

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    1. Hitohira on

      Paywalled, but given their insanely long life expectancy, things aren’t looking great for their social systems here. Japan must turn toward immigration or doing something to get more young people working. I wish I had the answers.

    2. buubrit on

      Whenever I see articles like this, I always wonder — has anyone actually looked at the numbers in the last decade?

      Japan’s [work hours](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_annual_labor_hours#OECD_list) are around the European average, steadily declining over the last 30 years (including estimates of paid/unpaid overtime, correlated with independent surveys of workers).

      Japan’s [suicide rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate) and [fertility rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependencies_by_total_fertility_rate) are both around the European average.

      Japan’s [median wealth](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult) is double that of Germany. Japan is also the wealthiest country in the world by [net investment position](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_international_investment_position).

      In fact, Japan’s [quality of life](https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp) is higher than that of Sweden this year.

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