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Japan Will ‘Disappear’ Without Action on Births, PM’s Aide Says

Japan will cease to exist if it can’t slow a fall in its birth rate that threatens to wreck the social safety net and economy, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
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Japan will cease to exist if it can't slow a fall in its birth rate that threatens to wreck the social safety net and economy, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

"If we go on like this, the country will disappear," Masako Mori said in an interview in Tokyo after Japan announced on Feb. 28 the number of babies born last year slumped to a record low. "It's the people who have to live through the process of disappearance who will face enormous harm. It's a terrible disease that will afflict those children," she added.

Last year, about twice as many people died as were born in Japan, with fewer than 800,000 births and about 1.58 million deaths. An alarmed Kishida has vowed to double spending on children and families in a bid to control the slide, which is progressing even faster than forecast.

The population has fallen to 124.6 million from a peak of just over 128 million reached in 2008, and the pace of decline is increasing. Meanwhile the proportion of people 65 or over rose to more than 29% last year. While South Korea has a lower fertility rate, Japan's population is shrinking faster.

Japanese Births Hit Record Low as Years-Long Decline Accelerates

"It's not falling gradually, it's heading straight down," said Mori, an upper house lawmaker and former minister who advises Kishida on the birthrate problem and LGBTQ issues. "A nosedive means children being born now will be thrown into a society that becomes distorted, shrinks and loses its ability to function."
 
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www.bloomberg.com

Japan Will ‘Disappear’ Without Action on Births, PM’s Aide Says

Japan will cease to exist if it can’t slow a fall in its birth rate that threatens to wreck the social safety net and economy, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
www.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com

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Japan will cease to exist if it can't slow a fall in its birth rate that threatens to wreck the social safety net and economy, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

"If we go on like this, the country will disappear," Masako Mori said in an interview in Tokyo after Japan announced on Feb. 28 the number of babies born last year slumped to a record low. "It's the people who have to live through the process of disappearance who will face enormous harm. It's a terrible disease that will afflict those children," she added.

Last year, about twice as many people died as were born in Japan, with fewer than 800,000 births and about 1.58 million deaths. An alarmed Kishida has vowed to double spending on children and families in a bid to control the slide, which is progressing even faster than forecast.

The population has fallen to 124.6 million from a peak of just over 128 million reached in 2008, and the pace of decline is increasing. Meanwhile the proportion of people 65 or over rose to more than 29% last year. While South Korea has a lower fertility rate, Japan's population is shrinking faster.

Japanese Births Hit Record Low as Years-Long Decline Accelerates

"It's not falling gradually, it's heading straight down," said Mori, an upper house lawmaker and former minister who advises Kishida on the birthrate problem and LGBTQ issues. "A nosedive means children being born now will be thrown into a society that becomes distorted, shrinks and loses its ability to function."
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Let LGBTQ+ couples be, and set up a program that pays men for healthy sperm donations along with surrogate mothers willing to birth children and have them adopted by couples incapable of birthing children.
 
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Singapore executes man for trafficking two pounds of cannabis | CNN

A Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabis was executed on Wednesday, a sentence lambasted by rights groups and campaigners for its severity at a time when many other nations, including neighboring countries, have adopted a more lenient approach towards drugs...
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Six in 10 employees say they won't work for organizations that fail to speak out against racial injustice, the Edelman Trust Barometer finds in a new special report shared first with Axios.
  • About the same number — 62% — say companies are "doing mediocre or worse" in living up to their promises to address racism at work and in their communities, the survey says.
Why it matters: The findings suggest that most employees favor diversity and equity initiatives even as Republicans in Congress and officials such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) want to punish companies and agencies over what they dismissively call "woke" policies.

Zoom in: Those saying that companies aren't doing enough to address racism rose 8 percentage points from last year, the Edelman survey said.
  • About 65% of women respondents agreed, compared with 58% of men — both increases from last year.
  • Among the employees who said their company or organization isn't making meaningful progress in addressing racism, unfunded (diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives ranked as the No. 1 reason.
  • 73% said employers must ensure diversity across functions and levels to address racism. Hispanic employees (81%) were the largest percentage to agree with this statement.
  • The survey also found divisions between executives who believe companies are progressing on inclusion, and employees who are far less optimistic.
What they're saying: "I think the takeaway for business is, if you thought you were doing well, you're not," Lisa Osborne Ross, Edelman's U.S. CEO and senior sponsor of the study, tells Axios.
  • "Companies should respond by realizing that when you do not have a representative workforce, your work suffers."
  • Those companies that don't heed the call on diversity will "eventually become extinct and irrelevant," Ross said.
State of play: DeSantis signed into law this month a bill barring Florida officials from investing public money to promote environmental, social and governance goals.
  • The bill also outlaws the sale of ESG bonds, a popular way to fund renewable energy projects or lower debt costs for borrowers if they meet gender diversity or greenhouse gas emissions targets, per Reuters.
  • It's part of a larger movement by Republicans to stop private companies and corporations from pursuing policies supporting racial justice, LGBTQ rights and the fight against climate change.
Many companies have backed away from such programs to cut costs or because of political pressure and new laws pushed by conservative Republicans.
Yes, but: Ross said companies that have walked away from such goals "weren't committed in the first place."
 
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