Japanese researchers presented a forecast of the population, according to which the nation could theoretically disappear from the face of the earth a thousand years due to lower birth rates, writes The Times.
“According to scientists from the city of Sendai, the current number of children under the age of 14 years is 16.6 million and reduced by one child every 100 seconds. By this logic, a thousand years Japanese children do not remain “- writes Yosikazu Tsuno.
“If the rate of decline continues, the celebration of National Children’s Day May 5 3011 in Japan will only have one child – told AFP Hiroshi Yoshida, a professor of economics at the University of Tohoku. – But after 100 seconds, there will be no child. ”
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