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Japan Faces Labor Gap as Births Slow Across Decades
London dispatch notes Japan’s postwar birth control reduced births sharply from 34.3 per thousand in 1947 to 17.2 in 1957 and a 1950s 35 percent under-15 share drop. Projections show 65 and 60 plus cohorts rising, stressing pensions and jobs with 8.2 openings per young applicant and calls for cautious birth-rate policy amid high density and slow labor growth.
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