The newborn population is innovative, and the process of Japan and South Korea's declining childization far exceed expectations

[Global Times special reporter Zhang Jing Global Times special reporter Li Xiao] The process of Japan and South Korea's declining childization far exceeded expectations, and the "population dilemma" situation was severe. According to the Kyodo News Agency on the 4th, the dynamic statistics (initial value) recently released by the Ministry of Health and Labor and Ministry of Welfare and the Ministry of Highway and Labor show that the number of infants born from January to June this year was 38,4942, a decrease of 5%compared with the same period last year. Since 2000, Japan's newborn population in the first half of the year was less than 400,000.

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The problem of declining childization is one of the topics facing Japan for a long time. Kyodo News reported that the future calculation data prediction announced by the National Institute of Social Security and Population in Japan in 2017. The number of births in 2022 was about 850,000, which fell below the 800,000 person in 2030. It is expected. Regarding the number of Japanese newborn babies in the first half of this year, the number of newborn babies fell below 400,000, and the Japanese current Affairs News Agency analyzed that due to the influence of the epidemic of new crown pneumonia, people were uneasy about the future, so they had a tendency to control marriage and pregnancy. Japan's "Daily News" analysis believes that with the continuity of the epidemic, the process of declining childization may accelerate. Kato Kato, a professor of Meiji University in Japan, said in an interview that the decrease in population will affect the social security systems such as medical care and pensions. It is reported that in order to solve the problem of declining submissions, the Japanese government established the "Children's Family Hall" in April this year. As one of the new response measures, the Japanese government is studying the increase in new babies subsidies in 2023.

Similar to Japan, South Korea's fertility rate is also declining. According to the "Korean National News", the "Population Trends in June 2022" released by the South Korean Department of Statistics shows that the number of newborns in South Korea in the second quarter of this year was 59961, a year -on -year decrease of 9.3%. Since the beginning of relevant statistics, the number of newborn in the second quarter was less than 60,000 for the first time. The total fertility rate (the average number of children with childbearing age) fell to 0.75 in the second quarter of this year after falling to 0.81 in 2021, a record low. Yonhap News Agency reported that among the 38 member states of the Economic Cooperation and Development Organization (OECD), South Korea is the only country with a total fertility rate of less than 1. According to analysis, the direct reason for the continuous decrease in Korean newborns is that more and more young people are not married, and the labor market has not satisfied the expectations of young people with high education.

Facing the dilemma of young childization and aging aging, Japan and South Korea have focused their attention to the elderly. Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun" recently published an editorial, calling on the environment that should work as long as possible to allow the willing elderly people to continue to work; major Korean companies have also decided to cancel the retirement age restrictions, allowing outstanding employees over 60 years of age to continue their work to continue their work Essence

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