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How Japan Is Solving Its Population Crisis (Or Trying To)
Facing the world's oldest population and lowest birth rate, Japan is testing everything from robot caregivers to cash incentives for babies.
Shaw Beckett·

Facing the world's oldest population and lowest birth rate, Japan is testing everything from robot caregivers to cash incentives for babies.

For the first time in recorded history, the majority of the world's population lives in countries where the birth rate is below replacement level.