Gap between young and old: A professor suggested mass suicide for old people in Japan. Why such crude ideas are popular there

Japan has a problem: its aging society.

Gap between young and old: A professor suggested mass suicide for old people in Japan. Why such crude ideas are popular there

Japan has a problem: its aging society. The proportion of seniors in the country is growing, while the birth rate is falling: the estimated number of newborns in 2022 was less than 800,000. A number that came into reality eight years ahead of the government's forecast.

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