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Japan's population shrinking as marriage and birth rates plummet | 60 Minutes

2025-04-28 News & Politics
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Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country’s economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the “60 Minutes” YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu Watch full episodes: http://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more “60 Minutes” from “60 Minutes: Overtime”: http://cbsn.ws/1KG3sdr Follow “60 Minutes” on Instagram: http://bit.ly/23Xv8Ry Like “60 Minutes” on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1Xb1Dao Follow “60 Minutes” on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1KxUsqX Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@Xeonerable 2025-04-29

"Whats wrong with young people why don't they have kids?" **Never asks any young people what their situation is**

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@Thepippinator2 2025-04-29

When both parents are forced to work to simply live, having a child is becoming a luxury now.

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@tc7584 2025-05-01

Dude went to the arcade and did 0 interviews with all of the young adults. Nice work my man glad the 80 year old mayor can fill me in.

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@ajl241 2025-04-29

Don’t have kids if you can’t afford them. Wait, not like that!

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@ANDRUTATE 2025-04-29

It’s happening in America too. Average wage where I live is $16/hour. Average house is $500,000 where I live. All of my siblings in their 20-30’s still live at home with parents and don’t date at all. Good luck.

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@osamaexking 2025-05-01

Why not interview young people and ask them for their reasons not wanting to get married? its disappointing to see journalists asking the same people (politicians in this case) that caused the problem, as to why this problem exist!

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@sameergupta5054 2025-05-04

why didn't they interview any of the young people?? why they asking grandma and grandpa??

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@Dharmarenee 2025-05-06

Having a child you cannot afford or spend quality time with is irresponsible.

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@Warlock_Sack 2025-05-04

Weird you didn’t interview anyone single or experiencing this lol great journalism.

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@Figure_Infinite 2025-05-14

As a 37 year old with no kids, I can completely understand. The cost of living is high worldwide, so why would someone want to add the additional financial burden of struggling to raise a child when they can barely take care of themselves?

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