@GD.
Somewhat morbid but suspect there'll be more opportunities for Simon to stay in Japan if he wants to, or at least relatively easier than before.
Japan is frakked unless they open up immigration (and be less bigoted).
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Deaths jumped 8.9% in Japan in 2022 to almost double birth total
Record 1.58m people died, showing impact of aging population, COVID
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hopes to change the demographic trend with what he has promised will be an "unprecedented" set of measures.
Underscoring the gravity of the challenge in a parliamentary speech on Jan. 23, he said the world's third-largest economy was "on the brink" of social dysfunction.
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It'll be interesting to read where Japan is in 2060.