Japan’s population crisis is accelerating, with the number of nationals falling by more than 800,000 in the past year – echoing similar trends seen in other East Asian countries.
  • Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish
    123·
    1 year ago

    It’s only a crisis from the POV of endless-growth capitalism. In reality, with AI & robotics doing more and more work, they’ll be fine.

  • Bye@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    1 year ago

    Demographic crisis for whom

    Fewer people should mean more resources for each of us

    Robots can soon take care of the elderly and do menial labor

    • ThrowawayEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Honestly, if the world could just slow down for a bit, that would be awesome.

    • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      You know it will only work that way if we make it work that way, right? Depopulation doesn’t magically make the wealthy give up their wealth to the rest of us. Robots will eliminate jobs but there will always be menial labor for the have-nots, and the goal of the wealthy is for everyone else to be a have-not.

    • Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Tokyo keeps growing, no? Are people migrating there from rural Japan?

      Its the same when any country becomes dominated by one large city. Same with Paris & France & London & Britain.