GEOG 1410 Chapter Notes - Chapter Essay paper: Fred Hiatt, 2020 Summer Olympics, Walt Whitman Rostow
31 May 2016
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It is not a surprise that japan"s population is in a state of huge decline. This trend can be easily seen in the population data of the last 10 years, but it is devastating considering japan has the world"s third largest economy (taylor). Fertility rates and mortality rates have been falling drastically in japan, japan now has one of the worlds longest life expectancy"s and the lowest fertility rate of any country. In an article from the washington post it was reported that the average births per family in the world is currently 2. 1 births per woman, japan is at 1. 4 births per woman. Policy makers have been avoiding the issue for years to come but demographic trends suggest that there needs to be new solutions. In addition, it is also hurting the economy of. Japanese citizens, according to an article by yoichi okita, a professor at the national graduate.
