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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A new paper links the 2007 #iPhone launch to declining #US birth rates, finding 4.5-8% drops among 15-19 year olds in areas with early iPhone access.

The researchers suggest #smartphones may reduce in-person socializing while increasing access to #porn and birth control #information. Skeptics note that teen birth rates were already falling since the #1990s.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smartphones-might-be-playing-a-role-in-the-united-states-declining-birth-rate-new-research-suggests-180989129/

#birthrate #demographics #teens #technology #research #economics #middlebury #fertility #screentime #science #nber #statistics

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A new paper links the 2007 #iPhone launch to declining #US birth rates, finding 4.5-8% drops among 15-19 year olds in areas with early iPhone access.

The researchers suggest #smartphones may reduce in-person socializing while increasing access to #porn and birth control #information. Skeptics note that teen birth rates were already falling since the #1990s.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smartphones-might-be-playing-a-role-in-the-united-states-declining-birth-rate-new-research-suggests-180989129/

#birthrate #demographics #teens #technology #research #economics #middlebury #fertility #screentime #science #nber #statistics

JD Vance and Usha welcome their fourth child, but the birth has reignited controversy over the US vice president's outspoken pronatalist views. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/jd-vance-welcomes-fourth-child-srsbgf3q?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #JDVance #UshaVance #USPolitics #Pronatalism #BirthRate

In 2016, health authorities had earmarked 2.6 million children under five for the vaccination campaign. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-demographics-declining-birth-rate-shrinks-polio-vaccine-pool-l6weyaeh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PolioVaccine #BirthRate #KeralaNews

https://www.alojapan.com/1507253/mayor-announces-maternity-leave-sparking-national-debate-ratopati/ Mayor Announces Maternity Leave, Sparking National Debate | Ratopati #BirthRate #GenderEquality #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoNews #MaternityLeave #mayor #news #politics #ShokoKawata #women; #WorkLifeBalance #Yawata #京都 #京都府 Kyoto. The mayor of a small town in western Japan thought some people might find it strange that she announced she was taking maternity leave. But the reaction to this was much broader and more divided than Shoko Kawata had anticip

From the article:

- In country after country, the birth rate plunged after the introduction of smartphones, no matter what the previous trend was.

- Among couples, sexual dysfunction is higher for the young adults with the heaviest social media use.

- The time taken up by social media — and the values and lifestyles such platforms project — has also made it harder for young adults to form committed relationships.

https://archive.ph/vcTym
https://www.ft.com/content/fba35eca-df3a-4ad6-b42d-eb08eb7c9ad3
#FT #BirthRate #SocialMedia

From the article:

- In country after country, the birth rate plunged after the introduction of smartphones, no matter what the previous trend was.

- Among couples, sexual dysfunction is higher for the young adults with the heaviest social media use.

- The time taken up by social media — and the values and lifestyles such platforms project — has also made it harder for young adults to form committed relationships.

https://archive.ph/vcTym
https://www.ft.com/content/fba35eca-df3a-4ad6-b42d-eb08eb7c9ad3
#FT #BirthRate #SocialMedia

What one country’s experiment says about attempts to boost birth rates.

Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back?

And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260615-what-one-countrys-experiment-says-about-attempts-to-boost-birth-rates?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Hungary #BirthRate #Fertility #Pronatalist #Population #Orban

What one country’s experiment says about attempts to boost birth rates.

Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back?

And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260615-what-one-countrys-experiment-says-about-attempts-to-boost-birth-rates?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Hungary #BirthRate #Fertility #Pronatalist #Population #Orban

Canada now has more deaths than births and CBC; ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ will no longer carry NHL games 🍁 #Canada #hockey #CBC #birthrate #cartoon #gregkearney #kearney

労働力不足
現在日本は移民政策を巡って大きく揺れてます。
汝、心を閉ざす事なかれ！

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-jp-1255592915

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

労働力不足
現在日本は移民政策を巡って大きく揺れてます。
汝、心を閉ざす事なかれ！

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-jp-1255592915

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Labor Shortage
Japan is currently in a state of great・・・
Don't close your heart!

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-en-1255593470

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Labor Shortage
Japan is currently in a state of great・・・
Don't close your heart!

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-en-1255593470

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Дефіцит робочої сили
Японія зараз перебуває у стані великої・・・
Не закривай своє серце!

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-ua-1255593943

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Дефіцит робочої сили
Японія зараз перебуває у стані великої・・・
Не закривай своє серце!

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-ua-1255593943

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

１０３万の壁
弱き者よ、戦う覚悟を持て。
世界は汝を必要としてる。

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/103Man-no-Kabe-jp-1255935051

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

１０３万の壁
弱き者よ、戦う覚悟を持て。
世界は汝を必要としてる。

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/103Man-no-Kabe-jp-1255935051

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

The 1.03 million yen wall
You weaklings, prepare to fight.
The world needs you.

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/103Man-no-Kabe-en-1255935569

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

The 1.03 million yen wall
You weaklings, prepare to fight.
The world needs you.

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/103Man-no-Kabe-en-1255935569

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

Стіна в 1,03 мільйона єн
Слабаки, готуйтеся до бою.
Світ потребує вас.

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/103Man-no-Kabe-ua-1255936036

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

Стіна в 1,03 мільйона єн
Слабаки, готуйтеся до бою.
Світ потребує вас.

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/103Man-no-Kabe-ua-1255936036

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

１０３万の壁
弱き者よ、戦う覚悟を持て。
世界は汝を必要としてる。

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26270123

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

１０３万の壁
弱き者よ、戦う覚悟を持て。
世界は汝を必要としてる。

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26270123

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

The 1.03 million yen wall
You weaklings, prepare to fight.
The world needs you.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26270134

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

The 1.03 million yen wall
You weaklings, prepare to fight.
The world needs you.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26270134

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

Стіна в 1,03 мільйона єн
Слабаки, готуйтеся до бою.
Світ потребує вас.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26270143

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

Стіна в 1,03 мільйона єн
Слабаки, готуйтеся до бою.
Світ потребує вас.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26270143

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

労働力不足
現在日本は移民政策を巡って大きく揺れてます。
汝、心を閉ざす事なかれ！

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26262930

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

労働力不足
現在日本は移民政策を巡って大きく揺れてます。
汝、心を閉ざす事なかれ！

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26262930

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Labor Shortage
Japan is currently in a state of great・・・
Don't close your heart!

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26262942

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Labor Shortage
Japan is currently in a state of great・・・
Don't close your heart!

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26262942

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Дефіцит робочої сили
Японія зараз перебуває у стані великої・・・
Не закривай своє серце!

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26262957

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Дефіцит робочої сили
Японія зараз перебуває у стані великої・・・
Не закривай своє серце!

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26262957

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

１０３万の壁
弱き者よ、戦う覚悟を持て。
世界は汝を必要としてる。

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nfec04b2cb401

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

１０３万の壁
弱き者よ、戦う覚悟を持て。
世界は汝を必要としてる。

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nfec04b2cb401

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

The 1.03 million yen wall
You weaklings, prepare to fight.
The world needs you.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nfb4d49fc0b36

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

The 1.03 million yen wall
You weaklings, prepare to fight.
The world needs you.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nfb4d49fc0b36

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

Стіна в 1,03 мільйона єн
Слабаки, готуйтеся до бою.
Світ потребує вас.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n866f7fd8c95c

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

Стіна в 1,03 мільйона єн
Слабаки, готуйтеся до бою.
Світ потребує вас.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n866f7fd8c95c

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#people #ridiculou #statement #about #million #wall #apparently #your #annual #income #exceed #subject #they #get #job #because #Japan #face #declining #birthrate #population #labor #shortage #country #younger #generation #strange

労働力不足
現在日本は移民政策を巡って大きく揺れてます。
汝、心を閉ざす事なかれ！

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n45373a459a75

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

労働力不足
現在日本は移民政策を巡って大きく揺れてます。
汝、心を閉ざす事なかれ！

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n45373a459a75

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Labor Shortage
Japan is currently in a state of great・・・
Don't close your heart!

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/ndc504814b28a

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Labor Shortage
Japan is currently in a state of great・・・
Don't close your heart!

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/ndc504814b28a

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

iPhone may be one factor in falling birth rates, researchers say

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11902945/birth-rates-decline-fall-phone-study/

https://www.alojapan.com/?p=1497911 japan birth rate fertility record low demographic crisis #BirthRate #Japan #JapanNews #news #PopulationDecline Japan’s birth rate and fertility levels have fallen to their lowest levels on record, highlighting the country’s worsening demographic crisis as fewer people marry and have children.&#13; &#13;   Government data shows just over 671,000 babies were born in 2025, a drop of nearly 15,000 from the previous year and the lowest figure sinc

Here we have a classic example of the difference between causation and correlation.

This article is titled: Could the iPhone be to blame for America's plunging birth rate?

Ummm, no.

You know what else happened in 2007, right? The economic crash that saw millions of people lose their homes, their cars, their good paying jobs, and their future, essentially.

Of course they don't want kids. The economy has never really recovered.

Link: https://sherwood.news/world/could-the-iphone-be-to-blame-for-americas-plunging-birth-rate/

#BirthRate #Economy #Correlation

Here we have a classic example of the difference between causation and correlation.

This article is titled: Could the iPhone be to blame for America's plunging birth rate?

Ummm, no.

You know what else happened in 2007, right? The economic crash that saw millions of people lose their homes, their cars, their good paying jobs, and their future, essentially.

Of course they don't want kids. The economy has never really recovered.

Link: https://sherwood.news/world/could-the-iphone-be-to-blame-for-americas-plunging-birth-rate/

#BirthRate #Economy #Correlation

#choices #women #men #families #birthrate #babies #children #parenting

Birthrates have declined since _long_ before social media. The #birthrate graph shows us when people started actually believing their children would live to adulthood, and when society started actually treating women as people.

Stop whining about a good thing and focus on increasing #immigration.

Birthrates have declined since _long_ before social media. The #birthrate graph shows us when people started actually believing their children would live to adulthood, and when society started actually treating women as people.

Stop whining about a good thing and focus on increasing #immigration.

Japan’s Population Shrinks at Record Pace, Census Shows

The Japanese government has released preliminary figures from the 2025 national census, showing that as of October 1 last year, Japan’s total population, including foreign residents, stood at 123.05 million…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #agingpopulation #agingsociety #birthrate #Depopulation #Japanese #Japanesenews #news #Population #populationdecline #society
https://www.alojapan.com/1493320/japans-population-shrinks-at-record-pace-census-shows/

Women in Their 20s May Not Be Having Babies, but by 45 Most Probably Will
Record-low #US #birthrate could be only temporary as today’s young women postpone #pregnancy.
One of the biggest drivers of the delay in childbearing is widely considered to be a success story: the decline of #teenpregnancy, which had been unusually high in the United States. The change is attributed to more effective contraception, education about pregnancy prevention and less sex among teenagers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/upshot/births-decline-older-mothers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.j6mI.43y-JlLGZk3R&smid=url-share

Half Of European Municipalities Have Fewer Inhabitants Than 60 Years Ago
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https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/2026/04/21/die-haelfte-der-europaeischen-gemeinden-hat-weniger-einwohner-als-vor-60-jahren/ <-- shared technical / spatiotemporal article
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https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/37fcacbf-12e2-4b31-b1af-83117a74b2c7 <-- shared European Joint Research Centre (JRC) ARDECO Local Population Time-Series – 1961-2024
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #emptyspain #demographics #population #agingpopulation #declining #birthrate #immigration #emigration #shrinking #interactive #webmap #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Europe #geostatistics #logistics #rural #urban #city #transportation #cost #economics #services #infrastructure #workers #qualityoflife #planning
@JointResearchCentre #JRC @europeancommission @correctiv_org

🐴 Firehorse superstition helps uncover why women's education may not drive Japan's fertility decline

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-firehorse-superstition-uncover-women-japan.html

#japan #women #birthrate #fertility #education #culture

労働力不足
現在日本は移民政策を巡って大きく揺れてます。
汝、心を閉ざす事なかれ！

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-jp-1255592915

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Labor Shortage
Japan is currently in a state of great・・・
Don't close your heart!

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-en-1255593470

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently

Дефіцит робочої сили
Японія зараз перебуває у стані великої・・・
Не закривай своє серце!

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Roudou-ryokubusoku-ua-1255593943

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#currently #state #great #uncertainty #over #immigration #policy #world #particularly #excessive #problem #people #anxiou #sure #many #sense #crisis #rapidly #population #birthrate #labor #only #cause #also #recluse #job #apparently