{"id":3642,"date":"2019-09-20T02:26:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T02:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2019-09-20T02:28:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T02:28:21","slug":"japans-population-problem-is-straining-its-economy-the-world-is-watching-for-a-solution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2019\/09\/20\/japans-population-problem-is-straining-its-economy-the-world-is-watching-for-a-solution-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Population Problem Is Straining Its Economy. The World Is Watching For A Solution."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Due to the drastic industrialization of Tokyo through Osaka, Japan now finds itself with two different economies. This 300 mile long span, known as Japan A, consists of intense wealth, flourishing businesses, and cutting edge technology. Japan B, is the rural outskirts, comprised of small cities and towns, and is now primarily occupied by those over the age of 60. Japanese government has instilled programs in an attempt to provide access for some of the bare necessities of Japan B's population, like health care and groceries. Another growing issue for Japan B's rural cities is the lack of nearby schools. In the span of 15 years 7,000 schools shut down, the majority of them being located in rural towns. As more schools continue to close, Japan will see an increase of young families moving to the larger cities in search of a strong education for their children, furthering their issue of depopulation. Reports of the United Nations speculates that from 2019-2030 Japan's rural population will drop another 17%, with the population plunging another 2% each year after 2030.  In hopes of boosting Japan B's economy, the Japanese government is now offering one-off cash payments of up to 3 million yen for anyone willing to move out of the greater cities, such as Tokyo, and into these small failing towns to start small companies and businesses. However, Japan A still attracts the majority of the population, causing about half of the country\u2019s 126 million people to live on just 14% of the landmass, making the government's attempts to replenish the rural communities futile. Although they have created opportunities for jobs in these rural communities, they are still far from the solution to their problem. I feel as though the younger population who are currently growing up in rural Japan will continue to flock to the giant hub of industrialization known as Japan A, and that over time those rural communities will become completely deserted.   <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the drastic industrialization of Tokyo through Osaka, Japan now finds itself with two different economies. This 300 mile long span, known as Japan A, consists of intense wealth, flourishing businesses, and cutting edge technology. Japan B, is the rural outskirts, comprised of small cities and towns, and is now primarily occupied by those over the age of 60&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2019\/09\/20\/japans-population-problem-is-straining-its-economy-the-world-is-watching-for-a-solution-2\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3642"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3646,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions\/3646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}