More world in balance

     In class today we continued watching the video we have been watching. Japan is struggling to produce enough food for itself. If it surpasses the 2 child per couple, the population could double to about 11 billion. There is a class of one child due to such a low birth rate. There are more older aged people then kids. It was predicted that in 2050 1 out of 3 Japanese will be over the age of 35. This can be fixed by brining in immigrants, 6,000 a year. But, Japan refuses to do this. In the U.S we have taken a large number of immigrants and they help to support our economy. Japan can only thrive if more babies are produced. Japan's fertility rate is 1.4 and adults are having a hard time caring for their children because they work long hours, thus causing the population to drop fast. The number of older people is much higher then the amount of kids. This is because they have such high life expectancy, 84 for women, and 78 for men.