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Declining birth rates threaten Japan

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    Study: Japanese could become theoretically extinct

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And a frightening prediction that an entire nation could go the -- of the dinosaurs Japanese researchers saying decades of declining birth rates.

Could cause their own people to become they -- erratic play.

Extinct David piper is live in -- I'm off the yes is a bit of a doomsday scenario basically these researchers in -- this is a city that was devastated by the tsunami they looked at the numbers they said in the millennium time if the numbers don't change there won't be any Japanese people left the -- -- be -- won't be born in about thirteen thirteen.

Serious consequences for Japan and it's having an impact already but the polling -- one Japanese companies said there's something more adult diapers.

Then baby diapers now -- also serious consequences.

According to some people because they suggest that your time will perhaps spend more money on health care than on defense in the future which could have implications.

For the US alliance -- Well how that is fascinating David I mean in -- One concern to figure out what the problem is no what are they saying why they say this is happening.

It's a complicated problem is many reasons -- but perhaps the main reason seems the Japanese people the young people.

A full amount of love something like 60% of Japanese man under sixty was surveyed.

They didn't even have a girlfriend and a lot of young Japanese women seem to be according to other surveys not interest to the insects so they need to change that that pumping money.

I've found is to have children but at this time unless they changed -- dramatically the Japanese population will.

-- -- about a third in about fifty years time -- -- after -- big shipment of oysters to Japan I think anything they can think that.

David thank you very much David I've.

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