For the first time since the war, marriage numbers in Japan fall below 500,000. Young people cite financial struggles as a major barrier.
1Capital Region Tiger ★.Dec. 4, 2024 (Wed) 10:48:09.14ID:y9+sTxHZ9
[Economics notes to improve your work skills] Last week (November 26th issue), I wrote about the number of Japanese children born in 2024 falling below 700,000. During these interviews, I was surprised to learn how the attitudes and behavior of unmarried young men and women have changed dramatically as a result of marriage and child-rearing. We investigated further into the background that is influencing the declining birthrate. “Without money, you can’t have children.” When Masahiro Yamada, a professor at Chuo University and a specialist member of the Cabinet Office’s Council for Gender Equality, asked students about the “declining birthrate problem,” he received the same response from both men and women. Male students in particular commented, “Even if I get a job and earn a normal salary, if I have two children, I won’t be able to send them both to college. With my salary, I can’t even get married, much less have children.” Full text at source Last updated: 12/3 (Tue) 9:06 ★1 2024/12/04 (Wed) 08:51:59 Previous thread.
Capitalism is all about money, cost-effectiveness, and rationality
Marriage, which has no money, cost-effectiveness, or rationality, is only going to decrease The marriage system gives women too much power, and raising children and whether they grow up normally is hard work and a gamble Even if you ask me if I’m willing to risk my life, the internet and SNS are full of complaints about the disadvantages of marriage and child-rearing Of course, it’s not natural for young people to think that they want to get married and raise children with hope The Japanese themselves are the ones who are creating this problem by complaining in the media and on SNS, but I guess they don’t realize it.
Use the carrot and stick of marriage and childbirth congratulatory money and singles tax. It’s a waste to take half-hearted measures. Get serious about rebuilding things!
I worry about what will happen when I get older. Even if you have money, if you’re surrounded by strangers, if you become senile, they’ll take all your money and mess with you. If you have children, unless you have a really bad relationship, they’ll probably provide the bare minimum of care for you, hoping to get an inheritance.
“I can’t get married because I don’t have money” is a big lie. In the postwar Showa era, people were poorer, but they still got married and had children.
>>29 In the past, the rate of university enrollment was only 30%, and most women went to junior college. If you graduate from a public high school. I’ve been earning money since I was 18. It didn’t cost much to raise a child.
In the past, in poor couples, the father would provide the household with money, but nowadays, in poor couples, the husband disappears quickly and single mothers are mass produced.
The single tax has already been strengthened, even if the name is different. We will become a society where single people are only able to survive on welfare.
I also have some thoughts about people today who don’t use their precious time and motivation for what they should be using it for, but instead spend it on pointless things like making money, studying, and entertainment.
The problem is the trend of not respecting the new lifestyle of not getting married. AI investment based on the assumption of a declining birthrate is important.
Daily living expenses like food and household items are hard to come by. Saving money is impossible until the kids have left home. I know this because we gave up on having a second child for financial reasons.
>>45 Single people: “I can’t get married because I don’t have any money” ↓ Government: “Single tax!” Single people: “I’m getting even poorer and can’t get married” Is this how it’s going to turn out?
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