Japan - Specific Patterns Of Pop Change

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

126,960,000

2016

Question 2

World population rank

Answer 2

10th

Question 3

Population growth rate ?

Answer 3

0.7%

Question 4

Life expectancy

Answer 4

84 years

Question 5

Birth rate

Answer 5

7.9 per 1000 people

Question 6

Death rate

Answer 6

10.2 per 1000

Death rate higher

Question 7

Fertility rate

Answer 7

1.46

Question 8

Largest city

Answer 8

Tokyo

Question 9

Japans culture / history

Answer 9

Children after marriage.
Taking care of elderly.

After WW2 they had strong economy and it meant Japanese people desired liveries such as own homes and had aspiration.

Was Traditional culture and paternalistic but number in work face has increased

Question 10

Japans population distribution

Answer 10

Not as populated in north where 75% of mountains are (100 people /km2)

Densely populated south and south east especially along coast and where there is flat land.

90.7% of people live in
cities (6100 people /km2)

Question 11

How many islands ?

Answer 11

6,800+ with 97% living in largest

Question 12

Is population doing to decrease or increase ?

Answer 12

127 million in 2016

Going to decrease to 108 million by 2050

Question 13

How to residents Over come mountainous regions ?

Answer 13

Terracing the relief of landscape to increase farm land.

Question 14

How much is urbanised ?

Answer 14

93,5%

Expensive

40th densely populated country in world so do not want as much children as no space

Question 15

Climate

Answer 15

Varies in different regions.

Tokyo is a temperate climate
Summer time = rain / typhoons

Winter - mild

Question 16

Ethnicity

Answer 16

Not ethically diverse
98.5% are Japanese natives with only 1.5% from other nations (China)

Meaning migration can’t boost birth rate up or help look after elderly as there isn’t many migrants

Question 17

Median age

Answer 17

46.7

Ageing pop

By 2050 it’s expected to reach 53.2

Question 18

Average life expectancy

Answer 18

83

Over 65s make up 23.9% of population in 2013

Question 19

What is Japan’s total dependency ratio ?

Answer 19

64.5

Question 20

Describe Japan’s population structure ?

Answer 20

Narrow base (birthrate)
Extends out at age 37 to 45 then goes in.
Comes out at 62-64.
Narrows from then on.

Ageing population stage 5

Top heavy

Question 21

What problem is japan facing

Answer 21

Not enough people to look after older population.

Less babies means exacerbate impact in future

Question 22

Reasons for ageing pop

Answer 22

Excellent healthcare // sanitation.
Low fat diets / obesity
Air cleaner due to fewer fossil fuels used.
Contraception accessible.
School is expensive 
Marriage 
Role of women in society 
Emancipation of women

Question 23

How much GDP is spent on health care?

Answer 23

10.2% in 2013

Question 24

Marriage levels

Answer 24

Decreasing.
62% of women not been married.
72% of men never been married.

Less time for sex.

Question 25

Emancipation of women

Answer 25

Equal
Focused on careers
Sometimes flea for better opportunities
50% no sex

Question 26

Positive impacts of an ageing population

Answer 26

Secondary sector (manufacturing) very successful - more revenue.
Less pressure on school.
Elderly volunteer/ help out.
More leisure activities for elderly.
Increase in grey £ 
New robot technology

Question 27

Negative impacts of ageing population

Answer 27

Need to attract 650,000 immigrants a year - but hard to integrate into uniform environmental.
25% of budget spent on pensions.
Demographic debt.
Pressure on care services
3.8 million elderly live alone with no support

Question 28

How will industries be impacted from ageing pop?

Answer 28

Outsource to replace workforce

Question 29

What are governments trying to do to mitigate

Answer 29

Increase tax from 5-10% to pay for pension.
Retirement increased to 70
Encourage migration of skilled workers
Robots to help elderly 
Dating events

Question 30

New angel plan

Answer 30

2000

Increase birthrate by providing free child care and improving working hours for mothers

Question 31

Womenomics

Answer 31

Pressuring companies to give incentives to hire more women and provide them with leadership.

Question 32

Are these strategies helping ?

Answer 32

Few strategies don’t help raise birthrate just help cope with ageing population.
Weak
Not large scale
Need more migration / stricter rules and better pro natal policies