Then I am getting Dad, Nina and I outta here.
Meanwhile, Japan is quickly becoming the world's oldest population. By 2025, 27.3%, or 33.2 million people, will be aged over 60, a study titled "The Illusion of Immigration Control" found.
Low birth rate coupled with the aforementioned sexual dysfunctions make the problems that Japan faces immediate and daunting.
"With Japan's labor force expected to decrease by 10% in the next 25 years, the economic outlook is far from bright. In all likelihood, the domestic market will shrink, production will fall, the government's revenue base will contract inexorably and it will struggle to meet welfare and medical payments for an increasing number of elderly as the dependency ratio (the number of workers supporting the elderly) will shift dramatically. In 1950, one elderly person was supported by 12 members of the working population, by 1990 it was 5.5 workers, and by 2020 it is estimated to be 2.3 workers. Naturally, the government is concerned about such a scenario," Julian Chapple wrote in a 2005 study titled "The Dilemma Posed by Japan's Population Decline".
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"As long as I have a sex toy available, I don't need women."
That is so LAME. (Some) guys are so LAME. But that statement reminded me of an article I read recently in SciAm:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=humans-marrying-robots
On the other hand, I've been hearing a lot lately that robits may also be the answer to some of Japan's (as well as other countries') concerns about an aging population:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GadgetGuide/WireStory?id=4370051&page=1
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