Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Japan Social Issues- Aging Population

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/06/21/japans-aging-population-and-public-deficits/

Throughout our adventures, we have noticed that in Japan... we don't see many children. All we see is the older generation. So we decided to look more into detail about this and figure out how we can help.

Through families we have talked to, we found out that the aging population is making it more difficult to have children, thus decreasing the population rate. The older generation is now in need of more benefits and social security, which is bad for their economy. Japan is now aging faster than any other nation. It is difficult for the economy to keep up.

We proposed two solutions to this problem:
1) Even though the generations are older now, there is still a chance for them to have children. With all the benefits they're getting, it wouldn't be hard to raise them.
2) Help the economy by possibly raising taxes. I know no one likes this idea, but the more money the government gets, the more benefit that comes out of it.  




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