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More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older

217 points · 282 comments · karakoram

sottol · 1789689780 · focus · HN ↗
Semi-related, but I did recently wonder if China's real-estate bust might serve as a strong fertility support measure / incidental pronatalist policy.
Tier-3 and tier-4 cities supposedly saw 30-50% property value declines, setting them back more than two decades. If real estate was really holding back families, as is often stipulated, this might reverse that.
Otoh, rural Japan has lots of cheap or even free real estate but it doesn't seem to support fertility rates at all.
1. tonyhart7 · 1789693647 · focus · HN ↗
  because there is no work in rural area, why you not asking the same question why younger people move to city at their 20s ??
  1. thenthenthen · 1789700387 · focus · HN ↗
    This. As well as aging population, plus bad economy, no one is making Children. They build an over capacity of kindergardens as well. These are all closing now and people losing their jobs, furthering the (real) sentiment of depression and keeping your wallets and your legs closed…so to say.

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