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Digital Pedagogical Resources from “Japan’s Declining Population: Beyond the Textbook”

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Population Data

UN population division: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/

Japanese Ministry of Health: http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/ Topic Introduction
Jonathan Soble, “Japan, Short on Babies, Reaches a Worrisome Milestone,” The New York Times, June 2, 2017, https://tinyurl.com/y8hny6ua

Impacts

Shrinking workforce: https://tinyurl.com/y8tzfu4v

Potential abortion restrictions: https://tinyurl.com/yb2q88rl

Budgetary impact: https://tinyurl.com/y8acdb98

Abandoned homes: https://tinyurl.com/ybprlgcn

Responses
Matchmaking parties: https://tinyurl.com/y7hqtcyb

Long-term care insurance: https://tinyurl.com/y7d39x7x

Pension reform: https://tinyurl.com/y9koxkl9

Company incentives: https://tinyurl.com/ydez5aoj

Funding egg freezing: https://tinyurl.com/jxr7fb4

Immigration: https://tinyurl.com/ycqrmjo5

Angel Plan and the New Angel Plan: https://tinyurl.com/yaknevzj

Filipino immigration: https://tinyurl.com/ybxputsc