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Narise Ishida, a politician in the Mie Prefectural Assembly, says the reason young people aren’t having babies is due to their lack of ‘romantic ability’, rather than the high cost of living.
Last month, the Ministry of the Interior announced that last year was the second year since accurate recordkeeping began in which Taiwan’s population was smaller at the end of the year than it was at the start. The decline in 2020 wasn’t considerable, roughly equal to the total number of inhabitants of Rueifang District (瑞芳) in New Taipei City. Last year, however, the country’s population fell by almost 186,000 people to 23.375 million. It’s as if everyone in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水) disappeared. This is a downward trend, not a blip. In last year’s Oct. 31 ...
Things that are just not getting fixed. we are not unique. that's the way they feel in britain and canada and new zealand. it's the way they feel across the continental e.u. it's only in japan they don't feel this way because no immigrants, population shrinking. no military with fights all over the world. they are the one country that has rejected globalism so no one is complaining. >> dana: in the minute i have left, let me ask about another area. we have president trump's delegation on his way to china. they are there to discuss the tariff issue to work on the trade imbalance. do you think t...