Under population to hit Japan in 2060

Japan’s Health, Labour, and Welfare Ministry is concerned about the decline in Japanese population and its effect on the country’s future, according to a report by NHK world.

A report by the ministry forecasts that Japan’s population will decrease to about 86.7 million people in 2060. The country’s population was about 126.9 million in March. By that time, 40% of the population will be seniors aged 65 years and above.

Getting married and having kids are becoming less of a priority as the ministry predicts that nearly 30% of men and about 20% of women will never have married by the age of 50 in 2035.

In a survey, more than two-thirds of men and women who have children aged 15 or younger say that being a parent is a burden and they feel anxious about raising children.

The ministry stresses that the government needs to help young people secure stable incomes and improve their work-life balance as well as support for child-bearing and child-raising, are essential factors in halting the country’s population decline.

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