Repopulating a Japanese town
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- As the Japanese populace shrinks and ages, and young people leave the suburbs and rural areas for cities, more and more communities are becoming ghost towns, with abandoned houses and declining populations. The municipality of Okutama, on the outskirts of Tokyo, has come up with a novel solution: Give away houses to young families for free. Ben Tracy talks with the man in charge of giving away homes, who isn't averse to playing Cupid to get people to move into his shrinking town.
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You forgot to mention, Japan literally pays people to have kids.
Not enough it seems.
Obviously, young people there are not having sex. They rather play video games and have virtual sex with robots. No human contact needed!
@@traveldoc1234 people need to feel the nature buy living traditional life 👍🏻
@@traveldoc1234 there's also an incredible amount of social stigma in asian(and even some western) countries to having pre-marital sex. So much so that in countries like S. Korea, there are entire fertility parks dedicated to try and get people to have sex.
@@CrustyButticus sex parks? Man, I need to go to South Korea!
When everyone has died from old age, I guess there's not much else to say except *it's free real estate*
Clever
Only free if your ethnically japanese
The asiatic Lion you actually have to be a Japanese citizen as well you can't just be ethnically Japanese and be a citizen of another country... friend of mine was considering it, but in order to do so he'd have to become a citizen again (hadn't been since he was 5) and when he looked up how many years it would take to gain citizenship he realize there was no chance.
@@ashleyburbank3129 Sounds like they have some changes to make if they don't want to die out as a civilization.
not really since they sell the estate before they died...
Sad, in my country, people want to move to the city where they can not afford to live. I want to move to the country where I can live.
Because the countryside have no jobs or low paid jobs
Also country life is boring, nothing to do
fj not if you have nothing to do anyways
I really don’t see why so many people are obsessed with the cities. They are good for a visit, not good for living. Just stay in towns and villages. Trust me, it’s much better in the long run.
Daniel Whyatt Country Life in Japan is beautiful, but for me the best are the areas in Tokyo that aren’t as populated and more on the edge of the city cuz ur still close to places like Shinjuku but it feels like your in the countryside
@@fahoudey there's nothing to do in cities
it's just bars, clubs, and restaurants
what's exciting about that
cities don't have activities, they have "places"
living even 30 minutes outside of a city gets you access to SO MUCH MORE in terms of housing and activities for way less while also being able to get to your job
This is happening in all big cities with educated people, it's just such a big challenge to have kids nowadays that less and less people decide to take on it. Corporations squeeze you to the bone, so kids are seen like a second job, who wants more work? If the the workweek was around 32 hours (and really 32 hours, no cellphone emergency calls and such) I bet more people would have kids just out of boredom. Plus you get to actually enjoy your family because you actually have free time.
We put ourselves in this situation, greed has taken over the world.
Make sense, Japanese work too hard
Yes it's very sad and in the meantime there is one group on this planet that is exploding ; they keep having kids .
Life is meaningless and there is no pleasure in being. To exist is to suffer. So people don’t want to bring anyone to this world. Life is meaningless and painful regardless of good or bad the world is.
gardensofthegods is you mean Muslims, I tell you this, birth rates in more developed and rich Muslim countries are very low too. But many Africans countries and very poor Muslim countries still have a lot of babies. There is a link between poverty and having lots of baby. If you do more research on it you will understand
@@Lanja1991
Do you need a God to give your life a meaning? Life doesn't need a meaning. It exists, and you decide what you'll make of it, assuming you aren't caged by someone. With your mindset it is clear that you can't feel any pleasure. But don't assume that others don't find pleasure in being.
Are you suicidal?
So You want to increase populations? Heres a few ideas. Make it less expensive to raise and educate the next generation. Give a living wage to parents so they wont have to juggle work and child rearing. Advance Whole Family Homes and allow Seniors to help with Child rearing and growth. Give tax breaks for adopting. Make school lunchs free, filling and nutritional. Setup and sustain social outlets for all levels of age and growth. Provide clear pathways to a sustaining and fufilling life by partnering schools with vocations and professionals.
Give HOPE that their child's future will be better than ours.
Patrick Sanders you have everything laid out for the nation. Maybe you can be the next prime minister.
cool plan, now go ahead and try to get it through legislature and enforce it
TRUTH
our planet need less humans. as the way is now we are overusing what our planet provided for free.
Patrick Sanders You forgot to mention one other major obstacle still in the way: cutting work hours by a lot. Overworked Japanese don't want to feel the need to take even more responsibility by having to take care of a child. But putting a strict limit on work hours (while still receiving the same pay) could do a lot to change that.
"Free houses in Japan..."
*Weebs have entered the chat.*
Japanese don't like foreigners.
@@ashsar2408 And rightfully so. They need to implement policies to get them reproducing again rather than giving up their people and culture to some foreigners to be forever lost.
The Japanese are extremely racist, especially against non white forgeiners
Cesar Espinoza everywhere is racist to non white foreigners tho.
Kameenie Sara they don’t like foreigners who don’t bother to learn the language or customs of the culture
This is literally "it's free real estate"
Not really. You have to rent the place for 15 years before it becomes yours. "rent to own" is the right term. it's darn expensive. Houses range from 35000JPY to 50000JPY
Juan Miguel Alejandrino its only expensive if you either dont have anything saved before considering moving to a foreign country (in this case Japan) or you come from a country that paid even less than rural Japan job wages. Other than that the math works easily for anyone coming from any first world country who saved money before jumping to new land. Plus you get the land with the house so thats a huge bonus. That land will only increase in value regardless of whats on it because its already been zoned for real estate to be placed on it. In 20-30 years if you stay there, the town should be thriving by then and that land will be worth a lot of money. Far more than you spent to get it.
“ a demographic bomb is going to go off in japan” nice wording
I know right
It's not like any other term would be more or less appropriate since a "demographic bomb" is an actual term used in sociology.
Smart Brains this was the cringiest thing I have sighted today.
@ i think the bomb joke was meant to be the 2 nukes from ww2, not some racist and stereotyping one that has nothing to do with japan
@puggles luv Yeah duh of course I have; you're missing the point about how the usage of demographic bomb as a term can only really be misconstrued as offensive/insenstive if you're grasping at straws.
"The country is running out of people" : Shows a subway car with people packed like sardines.
Filled with oldies ofcourse
heheh yeah. I think its more like the work opportunities are centralized at these big cities like Tokyo, and these little towns are really suffering because the lack of individuals and couples that want to settle down and raise kids in a quiet rural environment. There is a mad rush for making big money and chasing dreams, as well as the "safer" alternative chase for sex being the endless amount of pornography being available for every niche. I think this is fair prediction for the technological world to come, but then again massive events could change the course of history (war, nuke detonation, robots rebel!, etc.)
Anyway, thanks for reading my musings if you read it :]
@@newwave808 I think you've hit the nail on the head.
@@0898sparta :]
They all want to live in city
Good luck to Masahiro Yamada and the Okutama City Hall team! Hope you guys can achieve your goals!
Same
Well it worked with Detroit.I hope it works at Okutama as well
@@abhrajitmal6334 problem is will it work for Detroit? They have since stopped hemorrhaging people sure but they still have a HUGE vacant building problem and buildings no longer livable.
Also with some small towns in Japan it's a bit worse than in the US as their terrain makes it difficult to convince people to move into the mountainous villages where things are less convenient.
@@joesmith701 I would move to montenious village to live there!
@@joesmith701 this offer was never offered to me. I would gladly take it.
I feel very sad for Japan's slowly dying culture . Same problem in Italy.... cost of living and raising kids is too expensive just like in Japan . That's a great program giving away those houses to lure younger people there. The only problem with a lot of those houses they should is the older ones and the traditional ones are not properly insulated and so are very cold in the winter , hot n humid in summer .
Japans problem is overwork and cost Italys problem is lacj of necessity, we used to need to have a lot of kids to take care of farms and other manual labor but with time and system change we dont need that many kids any more.
Hm
But in europe they have africans and muslins to make babies....
@@stankiewicz1992 Italy has a moderate conservative government now so keeping their culture is important if you compare Italy with Germany and Sweden. Also, Italy have new immigration laws.
If they are free you can upgrade the house with little expenses.
There are no jobs in rural areas, that's why people move to the cities in the first place. People don't want to live in rural areas and stay POOR.
In cities many people are even poorer. I mean, yes, you can buy expensive clothes and new phones with salary in city, however, you often live in noisy and cramped shoebox apartment without garden surrounded by overcrowded streets. In rural areas you are rich in other ways like space and freedom and such things in cities are extremely expensive and only rich can afford that.
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there are jobs in rural areas. people are just lazy to find one because most jobs in the rural areas required physical activity compare to jobs in the cities.
@Ra Him sounds like someone opening a business that offers hard to get products, or doctors and pharmacists could make a nice life. If you're the only doctor around, everyone will come to you. If youre the only place they can get certain products, then theyll all come to you. They need business owners and doctors to move to the rural areas.
In germany thats not true. Our economy is mostly based on small specialised companys. I am living in a 120 people village and around 10 km there are 10 companys where are world leaders in what ever they produce. For example in automatic packaging systems or inside car equipment. They are maybe not that huge but they employee about 2000 to 3000 people. The car industry here is a diffrent story. Yeah huge companys but most people in germany work for small/middel businesses. Its very solid you will get about 40.000-50.000€ (taxes not included) per year with a bachelor degree (starting money) and work about 35-40h a week, 30 days holiday... You wont get mutch more in the citys here. I worked in a city here and they pay a littel more in the car industry which are mostly in the citys.
Living in rural areas needs good connections to cities
Just to give you all some context. Their GDP hasnt grown in nearly 2 decades and its shrinking. Worst of all they are working crazy hours with a lot of inefficiency. The system is rotten to some extent and the government have done much to solve some of these problems.
Lmao of course "mUh PrOfItS" is the chief concern
I agree. It reminds me too much of the government in my home state.
I have a family member who works for them. And he wants to quit so badly.
Another family member of mine has a similar job. She hated it, and took another job overseas.
Success in my homeland is just about what social club you belong to.
And I don't like it.
Also Japan had the largest national debt in the world, about 20 times their GDP
@@jessup0350 they could solve a lot of it if the women work but socially they look down on women who has kids and still work. Beside, a lot of then work borderline minimum wage job even with advance degree. I met a girl in the tourist park of Tokyo working at a clothing store doing check out with an English degree and spoke perfect English too.
@@khonhlo1476 they work enough already, I don't think the solution is more work
When seen from the right perspective, this is a very touching story about the Japanese people, anything from sad, and very sweet. With wishes of much happiness to the original and new dwellers of Okutama.
If I invest early now and become financially independent, I could live here for free if I let passive income cover my living expenses. Sounds good
Only if you're Japanese
they don't want gaijins
@@winviki123 how do you know, seriously?
@@NikiWonoto26 the homogeneity obviously. And how racist they are towards foreigners.
@@NikiWonoto26 and also,they are okay with robots working for them instead of a few legal immigrants who want a life in Japan.
Hentai protagonist: it my time to shine
🤣🤣
Especially in rural area
and exactly who is he going to impregnate? old people?
@@redcomn but only old people in rural area.
@@redcomn I doubt that old people are fertile and even if they were it isn't exactly safe.
4:46 Imagine someone in your family dying and having THAT perform the funeral! Not sure if I should cry or laugh. At least nobody will tell what causes the tears to flow 😂
I would LOVE to live in a small Japanese town. It looks so peaceful.
You'll starve. No jobs in those places, and even if you start something, most Japanese are too xenophobic to patronize your establishment.
You will die of boredom. Japanese don't treat immigrants well
Get me some wi-fi and I will move immediately
Eh, just go back to dial up. :P
@@cbalan777 never
I'm pretty sure the offer doesn't apply to white people.
@@esteemedyams *foreigners granted most would be white people but to the Japanese it's all the same more or less and unless the foreigner is already married to a Japanese person then you're completely correct XD
I can stay home all day for years just with a WiFi.
They left out that young Japanese people are not interested in dating or even having sex. They like to be independent. Cost to much to date, marry, kids, buying homes......Same case all over the world
With their free homes in this video, buying a home isn't a problem here.
Liuhuayue yes we know bud, we all saw it
@@tekkenfan01 So your last point about costing too much isn't really the issue for this village. It's perhaps just not urban enough to draw a lot of people.
Liuhuayue exactly
@@tekkenfan01 I'm saying your last point was pretty irrelevant to the video, in other words. Yes, it's a problem for Japan overall, but not for this part of Japan in this video. So your criticism about them leaving out a fact that doesn't pertain to this situation doesn't hold.
Considering that you live to work in japan people don’t have time to even take care of their children and the suicidal rate in japan is crazy
This is the beginning of every japanese horror movie.
Godzilla is coming?
@Joshua N. Ajang and empty town
More like every doujin 😏😏😏
lol
juon the grudge 😱
I don’t trust those houses.. there’s prolly weird Yokai lurking around
Hopefully they got a nice bust to go with it to.
They are also triying to atract the yokais back to the villages since all of them moved to lurk the big cities long ago :(
@richard mccann Capslock writing makes me feel it's fake
ANIME HAS THOUGHT ME HOW TO DEAL WITH YOKAI
What's yoki
I would love to move here. 😊 It's surrounded by greenery and not much carbon emissions from cars/factories. Sign me up! 💛
The only thing is a lot of those older and traditional Japanese houses have poor insulation and are very cold in the winter . But yeah I wouldn't mind a free house in a cute little neighborhood like that
@@gardensofthegods i lived in saitama. lots of pollution blows over from china. check out pollution maps. i had terrible year long allergies
@@BaronVonSTFU I don't have the time to check out maps right now . I'm not sure where that is... is it in Japan ?
BaronVonSTFU saitama is love
Sounds like a little slice of idyllic heaven to me. I mean, I know I have to get a job around there so obviously be able to survive and not have to learn the language, but if we’ve all got the right level of skill sets or education I’m sure a lot of people could do it. All you need, it’s good Wi-Fi. LOL
"The rich make money and the poor make babies"
Maybe the movie Idiocracy is not too farfetched.
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@@NicOz42 www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
Even the poor are having fewer children.
Watch out! Without the poor the rich will have less to gain from.
This Robots situation is so creepy and sad!
it's exaggerated.
Boston Dynamics.
There won't be "universal basic income" in our future as some has predicted.
There will be "universal mass extermination"
Nah, it's cool and advanced.
We had a glimpse of future
Sad
I dream of moving to rural Japan and starting a farm. It’s just far too difficult to move to Japan as a foreigner. They make it quite hard to get a working Visa unless you are young and educated. Understandable, I suppose, but I wish they’d loosen the regulations in areas where residents are needed.
Every country should practice strict immigration laws to protect its borders. I'm sure your country has strict immigration laws as well to prevent unlawful border crossings. But if you are hardworking and passionate enough, I'm sure you'll find a way. There's plenty of non-Japanese people out there making it in Japan. You can start by watching a RUclips channel by the name of 'Dogen' he's pretty informative about working in Japan.
Or if you want a shortcut, find a Japanese partner and marry him/her xD
I don’t know I predict soon Japan will loosen up on these border laws to have foreigners maintain their rural areas and take care of their old. They may still be very strict, but it will be an easy way in.
It is quite mad. They’re just digging their own graves here. You’d think that an education in agriculture or science, art or mathematics would be enough. Whether you want to work in the inner city as someone who is quite creative, or as a resident of a smaller community helping with maintenance, educating the people or farming. All of these should be on the table for allowing people in but you don’t seem to see any news about that. I really want to be able to move there someday. I’ve got all my relevant qualifications from my education and I’m at university doing a games and film art course. Surely Japan would want someone like me to move there. If not, then what on earth is the lowest limit?😔
Daniel Whyatt They do have a program for potential anime/manga artists if you wanted to go that route. There are lots of requirements, but I saw something about it being available soon. But I think one of the requirements is that you had to complete at least one year of your education IN Japan. Not 100% on that, though. I’m too old to take advantage of that program, unfortunately.
I’ve been to Japan many times. You’ll love it.
Nice place, but foreigners that do want to get a place often get rejected and denied by house agents. Property in Japan is super expensive after the economic crisis in 92. No one wonder they been in a bubble for very long.
um,... actually, housing in Japan outside of the Tokyo special wards is really cheap,... even in Chiba prefecture you can get a really nice townhouse for 80k USD.
@Pooh Xi Yeah, there country seem to have their own problems. The Reiwa era isn't looking to well at all.
hachidori 106 “you can get”. I don’t think a foreigner has as much privilege as you may think they do.
@@SN-cx8sz um, speaking from only my personal experience, the actual facts of living in Japan are not what you think. Suburban life is, if anything, a little boring, and the vast majority of folks are too busy living their own lives to care about me.
@@SN-cx8sz You are right. Most foreigners who live abroad do not have any special treatment nor privilege but it really depends though in a situation. if you are black or Southeast Asian living in homogenous East Asian country. Depending how open the people are or not they might treat them different.
Making long lasting friends is the key to feeling "at home". Living in the city you have several activities to do or locations to visit, but not having people to share this with makes most of the experience pointless.
Did they really just use a bomb reference when an American was talking about Japan!?
Rofl
Basically what Americans understand best
It's not a reference to anything; a demographic bomb is an actual term used in sociology.
cultural ignorance.
I know 🤦🏻♀️
While the population is decreasing slightly, small towns becoming extinct has more to do with urbanization. Young people, not just in Japan, aren't interested in living rural lifestyles. Most that grow up in villages move away. It's seen as boring, more job opportunities in the city, small town people are considered racist and uneducated, less prestigious than living in a city, etc...
It's both. The young people move towards the large cities. The old people stay where they are at. Sound familiar? It's happening in rural America all over. Old people have aches and pains. They get pills for them. They get addicted to the pills. Sound familiar? Young people who don't leave get depressed. They steal pills from old people. They get addicted to pills. Sound familiar?
@@wpl6661yep.
They become victim to their own success
#SufferingFromSuccess
@EMPEROR ITYOPP’IS Ž £THIOPIA I get you bro
The town looks so peaceful. I would move there if I lived in Japan.
It's so sad to see the decline of these beautiful country side towns and cities.
I would move to Japanese, but Japan has strict immigration laws.
This is what happens when 100 years ago you started to instill shame in not working yourself to depression and death.
While in the Philippines we have an overpopulation problem. I think the beaches and the tropical environment does make people warm and friendly. A honeymoon in a tropical island is more inviting.
Pretty much. I mean a lot of people have kids on their honeymoons in Hawaii.
plot twist: all of the houses that they give are HAUNTED.
Yeah there is a stigma about that in Japan
Cancer McAids with big oppais
Maybe. Or perhaps one of the houses contains the spirit of the grudge.
Wow this is sad but a good idea! I live in America and I’m 25. I would honestly LOVE to live in Rurall Japan. Ever since I was little I’ve been in between a city girl and country girl. But as I’m getting older I prefer rural life. It’s much more peaceful than the hustle and bustle of the city. I’d definitely move here if given the right opportunity. (Good job and such) I’ve always told my mother her and I would move to the countryside and live out our days in peace. Lol
Very good journalism . Keep up the good work.
I am an American. I grew up in Japan. There are a lot of reasons this is happening. Long work hours, cost of living, and the cost of having a family. And the culture is a lot different than Western countries. But the birth rates are at an all time low in the USA. For different reasons. But still it is also going down.
That’s so cool! Traditional Japanese houses are beautiful, so I hope some of the older homes get lived in. I know Japan has a pretty rough housing market, What with the way houses depreciate, so it’s good that there’s a way to get a home a bit easier.
Me: *Sees title*
Yeah I think I can help
It's only visible in the countryside right now, for the most part, but I'm sure that when it becomes noticeable in the cities, it will scare the younger people into having kids. Ghost cities are eerie that way.
出逢い "DEAI" was the word our Japanese Cupid used during the utterance of the English translation of "we do it all", which is fine and all but let's be frank, DEAI is about matchmaking and hoping for a well-mended long-term relationship. It's so hard in Japan mostly, if I were to surmise, because of 期待 (KITAI), or assumed expectations, which in this case tend to be placed on the husband to provide for his wife. Those expectations are a huge weight on the man, and he himself brings forth very heavy expectations toward his wife as well. As a single American man who's lived in Japan for about eight years I must say, there are a lot fewer stressors outside of Japan than are experienced within. Life should be less cortisol-inducing and more bountiful in serotonin.
in italy after graduating college young people go back to their hometown and live rural life and do farming grapes
When I was young (1953), I got the impression that 'The More The Merrier' was the stock reality.
...As I pondered this anomaly, I noted that everyone was the same
...Everyone had ambition and couldn't wait to prove it
...as the mood changed into 'dependency as an option', it was just the opposite
...someone had figured out that there weren't enough resources (?) and walls were to be built if we were to survive (?)
...I have noticed that the Media is 'keeping the ball in the air' (and selling more Tide) as their predictions seem to 'always fail'
...Now, the motto is 'Why bring a child into this chaotic world'
...It reminds me of the National Geographic (Studies) that noted wild animals 'giving up' when captured (for the zoo) and the tricky zoo keepers creating 'similar environments' so that they would eat and procreate
IMHO...we are now 'captives' of our own evolution ...we are all fighting for our individuality (again) or giving up and 'playing ball' (Stockholm Syndrome) with our captors
...It seems that this is traditionally the end of civilization (historically)
they looks so happy and smiling and kind .
I'm excited to visit Japan this summer. Seems like a wonderful place with amazing people
Stfu weeaboo
I wanna go just to drink some beer at a bar and grill while exploring the night life. Looks amazing
@@VoxiVox You can enjoy the country without being a weeb. Anime and manga aren't really my thing, I just enjoy learning a language. It's part of my polyglot journey, honestly
@@VoxiVox Is seeking attention 😂
It's not really free though. You just have to pay a low rate rent and live there for years. In Okutama, you pay 50,000 yen a month for 22 years (I guess 15 now) to get the deed. The cost goes down the more children you have.
Not much of a preowned market in Japan that they prefer to buy new. Old houses have almost no market. New codes are put every few decades to resist strong earthquakes and winds.
I’m sure real live people would love to be the talk show host instead of a robot.
Snarky . Live real, job expectations these days
YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK
GOODBYE
@@snarkylive I bet the robot doesn't have any of that.
Snarky . Live feel like theres something off with that last part, feels bad
Ditto
Is that a doctor who reference?
I would love to live there like this kinda town... Farming and living a simple healthy life... With peace, no big expectations just happy With family.
You cannot compare this with America, because Japan has a negative population growth rate and US has a positive population growth rate. Too much high population growth is also troublesome.
and that will change if us continue to go anti immjgration which is a what if scenario, did you even watch the video
America, contrary to popular belief has one of the most lax immigration policies in first world countries which is why the US population is able to maintain itself. Though those numbers in itself are skewed as working class immigrants tend to have more children than middle and upper class citizens that are able to invest more time and money into fewer kids.
@@mementomori-6666 Even without immigration it won't be negative. My point is that there is no need of a baby boom (Birthrate is the main subject of this video). Earth already has too much of a population than it can handle. Especially, the average american has the highest individual carbon footprint of the world.
@@Earth098 i think the guy point when comparing the two is more on economy rather than declining population. Basically too much old ppl than new gen will make US economy plummet even without negative population growth.
So well said. Thank you.
back in the day 1 person of the household would bring in enough income to sustain an entire family.
Now you need to have 2-3 jobs just to keep above homeless status if working in low-end jobs.
Not only is having 1 job no longer enough and but not even a place to sleep is no longer a need but a luxury to most.
Good Documentation! I subscribed! More of this kind of Approach documentary please!
Good to know we didnt need a thanos snap to remove half of the world population.
Well, even though Japan is in this situation, most of the world still isn't.
@@Liuhuayue Exactly, so I don't understand what people are freaking out about. Less people means less pollution and crime which would equal a better wold and society. What's the problem? People are freaking out over nothing.
@@penguinomega5672 I'm really talking about how just because Japan is declining, that doesn't mean the rest of the world's population is, so a lot of the rest of the world would need some sort of intervention like Thano's snap in order to be removed. I'm not saying that's a good or bad, thing, however. It's just relative stats. The world overall still has a birth rate that's greater than its death rate.
@@penguinomega5672 Except if you take into the fact that Japan has low crime rates and doesn't contribute that much to pollution. It's countries like India that has a huge population that is getting way out of hand... Japan's population isn't even that big, so less people in Japan doesn't mean less crime rates and pollution (or at least negligible on a world scale). However, because Japan currently is a large exporter of consumer goods and has a large GDP, if their population falls, it doesn't just affect them; it has implications to us all. Beyond this, it's a forecast of what's to come to other developed countries. I find that people complain about boomers, but when they get old, they'll become the new boomers and they'll see more boomers around them because of stagnation in population growth. Also, more old people means more people will be put on retirement and receiving other benefits, which raises taxes and strains the declining youth population.
@@Liuhuayue
Mostly in Third World countries, many developed and rich countries have declining population rates.
And no a low population isnt entirely a good thing
Okutama is in the "Outskirts of Tokyo" the same way San Diego is in the Outskirts of Los Angeles.
It's one of my dreams to visit and live in Japan. I love the Japanese countryside too! And I wouldn't find it boring as long as I had reliable high speed internet and power.
Hahaha well you won't have high speed reliable internet....... Lol trust me
You'll grow out of it. Japan is a social hellhole.
im from india. my grand father had 6 children. my moms dad had 8. its changed now. people understand poverty now. all my cousins and friend have just 1 children now. more then 1 or 2 is now taboo.
I would like to move there, but if the a lot of places closed or the town is lacking people, then where would I even work? Unless you have money for a business.
Minniemetal ultimately you would still have to go back to the city where the jobs are.
Investing through internet ofc and clicking on ads
Do it the way the featured new couple is doing it, start your own business there (I know that its not the normal stigma in Japan to start a new business, but im sure that would help the town to get more people too)
Start a business that will cater old people.
Id move there if I wasnt expected to stay for 15 years 😧
Then you missed the whole point of the plan to repopulate the town, sure stay a month and leave
Chill guys, it was a joke. But on that note, maybe people would be more inclined to give the town a shot if they didn’t have to be forced to settle down. Maybe then people will decide to stay willingly after experiencing the town and falling in love with it. Wouldn’t that be a better outcome than having an entire population that ends up hating it there and is now stuck?
Not to mention, what if there are even more problems with the town/houses than just a decline in population? There has to be a free trial or something so people know they aren’t being duped.
Bluesummers no, take it or leave it
I’ll leave it 🙂
Bluesummers you can't, not for 15 years
Imagine going to school with only 6 other kids,
Its sad. Japan is a very beautiful country. They have the brightest minds. I hope to relocate there.
These houses look like the chick from 'The Grudge' lives in one of them.
So true.
When l watch anime ; my love and enthusiasm to go to Japan knows no bounds but when l see videos and documentaries regarding work culture in Japan , it sickens me .
Seems like no life is there.
I'd shift to some Nordic country where you go to office for like 3 days and live happily.
I don't see how this is a bad thing.
Balance is what people want. Not having 99% of the population in one country, and the other 1% somewhere else.
@thomas seven Yes, but this caused by society, rather than the environment.
@thomas seven Japanese society is becoming "Westernized". They are trying to be something they are not, and for all we know. Imitation is suicide.
@thomas seven Today Japan is about technology. Robots, computers, etc. What happens when you are on the computer all the time is that you isolate yourself. And the story goes from there, a very relatable story among the Japanese people.
I live in Illinois (my avatar pic has Sears Tower)
Same thing is happening here in Italy, especially in Abruzzo and Molise.
Yes I've seen documentaries and other stories about that and it's a shame
Cool
Diana how can that be cool? Are you a liberal ? Funny how liberals think that all children should be aborted because according to them the planet is "overpopulated" . .apparently liberal adults have more right to live than babies ..How cruel .
@@Dah42 they think that sterile sex and inviting trucks of peace will magically save the environment
Cammarata has this problem too i guess
NOT ENOUGH WORKERS ? what bull crap is this ? do you know that 48 percent of Japanese people are in temporary jobs ? and do you know what Temporary jobs mean in Japanese culture ? it means no job. There is plenty of workers here , the companies just dont want to give full time work. I am so sick of news like this that has no idea what is going on here in this country.
Where do I sign!?!?! Am down I love the scenery. Am ready to start over.
@Bryce Arnold yes a foreigner is allowed to purchase a home. But without a work Visa. You can't live there. Japan is strict on this.
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It's not a coincidence. People can't afford to have kids.
Why?
Long hours, inadequate pay, and a hostile work environment.
The old proverb is: "It takes a Village to raise a Child."
We have no village.
Only suffering and back-stabbing.
Not only that - the pressure to be and look "successful" and adhere to all "consumer trends" is huge thanks to all the brainwashing modern consumer society and social networks bring.
@@veduci22 I know what you mean. And sometimes there's a stigma, if you don't follow the trend.
In my opinion, lower-class people have different circumstances than rich people.
for japanese lovers, don't you want to move to those japanese towns now? isn't it like a dream come true for japanese lovers?
I think it's for Japanese only not some migrant weaboo.
@HUE WATT what make me look like weeb? Because you found few Japanese songs between many other song I save on my channel? Lol.
@HUE WATT I said migrant weebs not white weebs, read again my comment. How can you concluded that I meant white only?
What no one is understanding is that Japan has the most of the most working hours/ school too this is why, most of the people don’t have time to date/ marry as well. Maybe, the government shouldn’t be too putting prices in stuff, health care and many hours and focus on people actually.
Maybe the earth can heal with less of us here to destroy it.
There will be less humans with the exception of one group that is exploding and doesn't care about population control... they actually said they would take over through the bellies of their women... women they don't even usually respect .
It was the desires of an elite few that ruined the world and assuming it was humanity at large is just deflecting the blame
You really stupid for saying that about everyone, earth doesn't matter as much as humans do.
Lol I love how you tards just think that sterilizing yourselves and letting Tyrone shank you is gonna magically save the environment. Shut up, boomer.
@@ohmyme13 If earth doesn't matter, where will those humans live.
The thing about Okutama is that it's considered part of Tokyo proper, but it's the most far west from the city center.
id move there. altho i dont know if people there would like it since im not japanese....
Realistically, can foreigners like me now move to those japanese towns? I'm an Indonesian-Chinese currently living in Indonesia btw, and I have always dreamed of moving & living in Japan
Saya juga
Nope
When that virus hits, at least you're up against some geriatric zombies.
It's pretty sad, but it also makes sense that the population keeps shrinking when people are effectively punished for having a child.
Finally found a place to settle down and grow old at.
2:00 "County is running out of people"
>immediately cuts to a subway car crammed full of people, and then the busiest crossing in the world.
Dam a Japanese wife and a house, if ya can get amazon shipping that sounds worth it.
Abiy BattleSpell they have that too
japan for japanese
Build a train station in small towns, the young can still work in the city but have a better standard of living in small towns
did anyone get ww2 flashbacks when he said "the bomb is going off"
Lol
*That's what's problem with rich countries oppose here in the Philippines. More kids but less opportunity. 🤷♀️*
"And then there are the robots and they're long lasting love affair..."
0_0 wow no chill there lol
This sounds perfect
I thought I had seen everything when I saw two kids reading newspapers while walking to school. But being interviewed by a robot? A robot presiding over a burial ceremony 4:36? Now I've seen everything.
Yeah that was too weird and creepy with the robot at the funeral but also old people playing with the robot. ... wouldn't it be better off playing with dogs
The U.S. has similar issues in the rural areas where small towns have an aging demographic. The people are getting older, the jobs are drying up or moving to the city and anyone left behind has to get creative to make a living.
3:31 GT-R assembly
Finally someone else said it
Good eye sir
we need to save the GTR's i mean Japan
I'm a 43 year old American. I volunteer. Wanted to a townhome in Kyoto anyway.
This is somewhat sad but rationally speaking, this needs to happen. Humanity has grown way too much way too fast and there are many places in the world can't really sustain so many people.
Is there a way for a foreigner to get home to move with his wife and kid for working there ?
I’d like one of those houses. Too bad “Ninja” isn’t a paying job in Japan [anymore].
Just a quick recommendation: Go and improve your local Internet and 5G access and tell everyone in Tokyo about the empty spaces. You will populate millions of people who can work from Home and Start-Up's who don't need an office in the city as well as usual internet companies.
considering all the environmental stress exploding human populations have caused in the last few hundred years, less people is a good thing.
human overpopulation is the disease; everything else is a symptom
Tell this to India..
Less crowds less stress. What’s wrong with that. ?
I’ll move there, I want a big house with a swimming pool
and lots of JAV models
Just use the river
You need a work Visa...but without any knowledge of Japanese language your out of luck. ごめね
4:00 that’s so wholesome
Beautiful!
@Lothar He's probably commenting on the beauty of the small town Okutama and you got triggered af.
@Lotharare you slow or something? again nobody here is talking about that just stfu you are so desperate to make everything political
That town is beautiful. I wouldn't want to move away.