Babies. Can't live with 'em... etc. Japan is frequently seen as the poster child for modern societies that have given up on propagating their own population through reproduction. What's the truth to this? Has Japan become a nation of virgin NEETs who refuse to fuck for the sake of their country?

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Sources:

• World Bank - population data
• World Bank - Fire Horse
• Foreign Policy - Fire Horse
• Global Life Expectancy data
• Independent - East Asian birthrates hit record low
• Nikkei - Births in Japan falls to a record low
• BBC - Japan to fund AI matchmaking service
• Kyodo News - Pandemic worsening Japan birth rate
• Reuters - Japan ministers warn birth rate falling at more rapid pace
• Quartz - Japan wants to raise its birth rates with new perks
• Japan Forward - If you want to understand falling fertility rates, stop focusing on Japan, Earl Kinmouth
• Guardian - Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex? Abigail Haworth
• Slate - Celibacy Syndrome
• Business Insider - Japanese people aren't having sex