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A Declining Birth Rate Amid Affluence.
(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Inoki Takenori
A Paradox of Rationality Only about 20,000 people lived in the Japanese archipelago in the early Jomon Period several thousand years ago, according to an estimate by historical demography experts. Japan's population topped the 12 million mark in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573-1600) and, despite a brief lull in the 18th century, continued increasing to slightly exceed 30 million at the end of the Edo Period (1600-1868). At the peak of high economic growth in 1967, when the Japanese population surpassed 100 million, there was talk that a time would come when the country would be ...
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