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1
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Population

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126,960,000

2016

2
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World population rank

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10th

3
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Population growth rate ?

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0.7%

4
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Life expectancy

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84 years

5
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Birth rate

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7.9 per 1000 people

6
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Death rate

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10.2 per 1000

Death rate higher

7
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Fertility rate

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1.46

8
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Largest city

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Tokyo

9
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Japans culture / history

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Children after marriage.
Taking care of elderly.

After WW2 they had strong economy and it meant Japanese people desired liveries such as own homes and had aspiration.

Was Traditional culture and paternalistic but number in work face has increased

10
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Japans population distribution

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Not as populated in north where 75% of mountains are (100 people /km2)

Densely populated south and south east especially along coast and where there is flat land.

90.7% of people live in
cities (6100 people /km2)

11
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How many islands ?

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6,800+ with 97% living in largest

12
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Is population doing to decrease or increase ?

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127 million in 2016

Going to decrease to 108 million by 2050

13
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How to residents Over come mountainous regions ?

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Terracing the relief of landscape to increase farm land.

14
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How much is urbanised ?

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93,5%

Expensive

40th densely populated country in world so do not want as much children as no space

15
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Climate

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Varies in different regions.

Tokyo is a temperate climate
Summer time = rain / typhoons

Winter - mild

16
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Ethnicity

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Not ethically diverse
98.5% are Japanese natives with only 1.5% from other nations (China)

Meaning migration can’t boost birth rate up or help look after elderly as there isn’t many migrants

17
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Median age

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46.7

Ageing pop

By 2050 it’s expected to reach 53.2

18
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Average life expectancy

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83

Over 65s make up 23.9% of population in 2013

19
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What is Japan’s total dependency ratio ?

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64.5

20
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Describe Japan’s population structure ?

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Narrow base (birthrate)
Extends out at age 37 to 45 then goes in.
Comes out at 62-64.
Narrows from then on.

Ageing population stage 5

Top heavy

21
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What problem is japan facing

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Not enough people to look after older population.

Less babies means exacerbate impact in future

22
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Reasons for ageing pop

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Excellent healthcare // sanitation.
Low fat diets / obesity
Air cleaner due to fewer fossil fuels used.
Contraception accessible.
School is expensive 
Marriage 
Role of women in society 
Emancipation of women
23
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How much GDP is spent on health care?

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10.2% in 2013

24
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Marriage levels

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Decreasing.
62% of women not been married.
72% of men never been married.

Less time for sex.

25
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Emancipation of women

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Equal
Focused on careers
Sometimes flea for better opportunities
50% no sex

26
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Positive impacts of an ageing population

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Secondary sector (manufacturing) very successful - more revenue.
Less pressure on school.
Elderly volunteer/ help out.
More leisure activities for elderly.
Increase in grey £ 
New robot technology
27
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Negative impacts of ageing population

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Need to attract 650,000 immigrants a year - but hard to integrate into uniform environmental.
25% of budget spent on pensions.
Demographic debt.
Pressure on care services
3.8 million elderly live alone with no support

28
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How will industries be impacted from ageing pop?

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Outsource to replace workforce

29
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What are governments trying to do to mitigate

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Increase tax from 5-10% to pay for pension.
Retirement increased to 70
Encourage migration of skilled workers
Robots to help elderly 
Dating events
30
Q

New angel plan

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2000

Increase birthrate by providing free child care and improving working hours for mothers

31
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Womenomics

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Pressuring companies to give incentives to hire more women and provide them with leadership.

32
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Are these strategies helping ?

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Few strategies don’t help raise birthrate just help cope with ageing population.
Weak
Not large scale
Need more migration / stricter rules and better pro natal policies

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