According to the demographic statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of newborns in Japan will fall below 800,000 for the first time in 2022.
This is the lowest value in more than 100 years since this statistic was made at the end of the 19th century.
This has once again sounded the alarm for Japanese society, which has been plagued by declining birthrates for many years.
Japan entered the era of declining birthrate in the 1970s, and now the problem has become more serious.
Under the superimposed influence of declining birthrate and population aging, some Japanese companies have become more and more difficult to recruit young employees.
According to a previous report by Nippon TV, the survey results of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare show that nearly 40% of Japanese companies allow people over the age of 70 to work in the system, which is the highest ratio so far.
In a company in Osaka, according to the 76-year-old company founder, the oldest employee in the company is 79 years old.
In a supermarket in Tokyo, a 75-year-old woman is still working part-time as a delivery.
According to estimates, the total population of Japan on January 1 this year was about 124 million, a year-on-year decrease of 0.43%.
In terms of population structure, the population aged 65 and above accounted for 29% of the total population, while the youth aged 0 to 14 accounted for only 11.6%.
(Produced by Wang Xiaoting)
Editor in charge: [Fang Jialiang]