Lowest Birthrate in Decades | STJ 167

About this episode

The episode discusses Japan's declining birthrate and related current events.

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week's episode https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-09-20/Typhoon-Nanmadol-left-rural-residents-without-power-in-Kagoshima-1dug75DjU0E/index.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/09/5b835b7138dc-japan-asks-foreign-guests-to-wear-face-masks-at-abes-state-funeral.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/09/9f423736ca8f-urgent-japan-to-remove-daily-50000-entry-cap-on-oct-11-pm-kishida.html https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220919/p2a/00m/0na/010000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220920/p2a/00m/0bu/023000c https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/09/452adaf50fc7-japan-man-sets-self-on-fire-in-apparent-protest-at-abe-state-funeral.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/09/f8e42f3d70a3-boj-likely-to-keep-policy-despite-weaker-yen-as-peers-raise-rates.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/09/31813ea16df1-japan-saw-fewer-than-400000-births-in-jan-june-1st-time-in-22-yrs.html https://soranews24.com/2022/09/24/now-you-can-set-up-your-very-own-secret-base-with-new-pokemon-camping-supplies/…

People in this episode

Host: Small Talk Japan

Topics covered

• birthrate
• Japan
• society
• culture
• current events

Keywords

• birthrate
• Japan
• Abe's state funeral
• current events
• society

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Japan

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