Japan's demographic crisis

[jean-christophe helary]

> If the trend continues to 2100, the number of Japanese will have halved and 
> many vibrant cities will be ghost towns haunted only by the elderly because 
> the country has the longest life expectancy on the planet.

a comment from a different list: considering the population density in urban japan, vibrant cities are unlikely to become ghost town even a hundred years from now. the worst predictions say 60,000,000 in 2100, this is the population of france with only 1/10 the surface (if you remove mountains...)


> The United Nations says Japan needs 600,000 immigrants a year. But last 
> year Japan accepted only 36 refugees and tightened its restrictions on 
> entering the country.

36 out of less than 400 applications. what country bases its immigration policies on the nb of refugee applications ? restrictions on entering the country apply only to certain visa categories. see my other post for the unskilled labor category.

jc helary