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No Babies in Japan

Mariko Oi returns to Japan to witness government incentives encouraging young people to marry and have children.

Mariko Oi returns to her home country to witness the astonishing incentives encouraging young people to marry and have children. Japan鈥檚 birth rate is plummeting, its population is ageing and a demographic disaster is looming. In the next 40 years, Japan鈥檚 population is expected to fall from 127 million to 92 million, squeezing the economy and causing national debt to soar.

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