Birth rate rises in Japan

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Japan birth rate begins to rise

The number of births in Japan has increased for the first time in six years, the health ministry says.Almost 550,000 births were registered in the six months from January to June, up by more than 11,600 from the same period last year.An increase will be welcome news for Japan, which recorded its lowest ever birth rate in 2005, of just 1.25 babies per woman over a lifetime. A rate of 2.1 is needed to keep the population level static.

via BBC

[IkemenTommy]

An increase will be welcome news for Japan,

NO it's not a welcoming news. For the love of god, please don't procreate anymore!

Whenever there are crying baby kids on long plane rides, that's it for me. I wanna go over and slap the kid AND bitch slap the fuckin mom that allows it to happen. It's the very reason why not to bring a child into this world.

[urarara]

Nice! Actually I used to feel that way until I had a baby and realized that short of smothering them its not always possible to make a baby stop crying. You were probably a baby once too and you probably cried, possibly even in public!

I agree we really dont seem to need anymore people in this country though. I thought the birth rate must be increasing as outside pf the big cities every second woman you see of childbearing age is either pushing a stroller or pregnant.

I wonder if theres been a conspiracy by the government to increase the birthrate - most young people dont seem to know how to prevent pregnancy effectively. When my husband was at school he said the girls got "the talk" and the boys were sent outside to play soccer.

[DrP]

Agreed! As a newly f*d father - I can guarantee you that EVERY baby will cry. It was interesting to note that while at the hospital in Tokyo the doctors and nurses commented how active it was. But compared to any other city - Tokyo has far fewer children 'at hand' - noticeably so. Just visit major metro cities like LA, NY, London, etc - or any city in Asia except Tokyo and you'll know what I mean. When we were shopping for an obstretrician most of the hospitals said their departments were either closed or completely booked because the department had downsized. Even in the maternity ward of the hospital we chose it was less than third full. In spite of my observation above about how 'busy' it seemed to the staff.