Japan Flashcards
What stage in DTM
5
Demography and culture
35 million people in Tokyo - 250,000 babies a year
Fantasy life - Ataku culture - virtual girlfriends which bipasses issues of relationships - reduced birth rate and tfr
Japan - oldest population - over a quarter are over 65
Lowest crime rate in the world
1.4 babies per 1000 people
Not a lot of cultural variety. 1 in 60 are migrants
More educated women impacting birth and fertility rates
Societal values of hard work
97% of population is Japanese
Reasons for ageing population
Men not interested in women
Avg age of mothers giving birth is increasing - increased risk of still birth
They’re also having fewer children - reduced tfr
Fewer children people getting married - only 2 percent of people having children out of wedlock - less people are having sex 27% per week
Men and women are growing apart - partially due to the culture of hard work in Japan and the improved status of women meaning both genders are busy with working and their careers as they have to take maternity leave
Having babies can stunt a woman’s career
Rising life expectancy
Physical environment and its influence on pop size and distribution
Japans population is concentrated in fertile valleys and narrow coastal planes. 70% of land is mountainous
- diverse climate due to geographical expanse - ranging from cold winters in north to subtropical weather in southern Islands
Dispersion of socioeconomic development - rich urban areas, and poor suburban regions
Negative impacts
High dependency ratio- very low working age population
Economic shrinkage due to declining working population
Demographic crisis - decline in production and invention due to labour shortage from lack of foreign workers
Positive impacts
More labour in labour market - more people focused on work and not family
AI and robotic tech in elderly care
Govt respondes
Pro-Natalie’s policies such as tax benefits
Raising retirement age
Key facts and figures
Japan population - 1 in 60 ppl are foreign
65-70% of women drop out of work after children
Tokyo - 35 million pop - 250,000 babies per year
