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1、关于日本人口危机你必须知道的几件事(双语)2014年01月17日15:42中国日报网我有话说关于日本人口危机你必须知道的几件事 WhyisJapanintrouble? TheJapanesenowhaveoneofthelowestfertilityratesintheworld,andatthesametime,oneofthehighestlongevityrates.Asaresult,thepopulationisdroppingrapidly,andbecomingincreasinglyweightedtoward
2、olderpeople.Afterpeakingsevenyearsago,at128million,Japan'spopulationhasbeenfalling—andisonapathtodeclinebyaboutamillionpeopleayear.By2060,thegovernmentestimates,therewillbejust87millionpeopleinJapan;nearlyhalfofthemwillbeover65.Withoutadramaticchangeineitherthebirthrat
3、eoritsrestrictiveimmigrationpolicies,Japansimplywon'thaveenoughworkerstosupportitsretirees,andwillenterademographicdeathspiral.Yetthebabiesaren'tcoming。 Whynot? TheBritishnewspaperTheObserverrecentlycausedaninternationalstirbyreportingthatJapaneseyouthhavelostinteres
4、tinsex.Thesensationalistconclusionwasmostlybasedonasinglestatistic:asurveythatfoundthat45percentofwomenand25percentofmenages16to24saidtheywerenotlookingtohavesex.Thearticlealsocitedthephrasesekkusushinaishokogun,or"celibacysyndrome,"asifitwereamajortrend.Inreality,more
5、Japanesesinglesarehavingsexthaninpastdecades.In1990,65percentofunmarriedwomenand45percentofunmarriedmenhadneverhadsex;today,thefiguresare50percentand40percent,respectively."OfcourseJapanesehavesex,"AsianstudiesprofessorJeffKingstontoldBloomberg.com."Ifthenumberofloveho
6、telsisanybarometer,itseemslikemanyaregettingplentyofit." Iscelibacysyndromeamyth? Notentirely.ThereclearlyisasubsetofJapaneseyouthwhohavewithdrawnfromdating.Instead,theyfocusononlinepornandgameslikeNintendo'sLovePlus,inwhichplayersconductarelationshipwithananimegirlf
7、riend.Hundredsofthousandsofyoungmenareknownashikikomori,shut-inswhoeschewhumancontactandspendtheirdaysplayingvideogamesandreadingcomicsintheirparents'homes.(Seebelow。)ButmostJapaneseyoungpeopledohavefriendsandrelationships—they'rejustnotsettlingdown.Themarriageratehasp
8、lummeted,andwithitthebirthrate,sinceout-of-wedlockbirthsarerareinJapan.In1975,just21percentofwomenand49percentofmenun
