The Japanese birth rate is on the verge of extinction for good. The birth rate is plummeting. On the other hand, the population age is surging. This circumstance is dire and happening all over this nation.
This family moved to a town where the average age is 65. Half of the citizens are over 60. Casualties of the dam and reservoir finished decades ago, and their houses sit empty. When their son was born it was the first time in 25 years in this town. The stressful city life lost its luster for them, so they moved here to enjoy the cedar forest and clean air. This woman was an office worker and her spouse was a former graphic designer. Now, she is a homemaker and he is a woodworker. They enjoy their lives in their small bed and breakfast. The Mayor of this prefecture is seeing the bright side. He expects people to live in the clean countryside.
But many young people are fleeing the countryside, lured by the draw of city life. Cities also have the same problem of birth rate. These Days, they work from home and they are not able to maintain their finances with their offspring. Even though the government supports thousands of dollars for their children’s medical care, that can’t be the magic bullet.
*Vocabularies; to be on the brink, cedar, homemaker, bed and breakfast, luster, township, for good, sit, casualty, dire, be on the verge of something, lure, draw, magic bullet, plummet
The Japanese birth rate is on the verge of extinction for good. The birth rate is plummeting. On the other hand, the population age is surging. This circumstance is dire and happening all over this nation. This family moved to a town where the average age is 65. Half of the citizens are over 60. Casualties of the dam and reservoir finished decades ago, and their houses sit empty. When their son was born it was the first time in 25 years in this town. The stressful city life lost its luster for them, so they moved here to enjoy the cedar forest and clean air. This woman was an office worker and her spouse was a former graphic designer. Now, she is a homemaker and he is a woodworker. They enjoy their lives in their small bed and breakfast. The Mayor of this prefecture is seeing the bright side. He expects people to live in the clean countryside.
But many young people are fleeing the countryside, lured by the draw of city life. Cities also have the same problem of birth rate. These Days, they work from home and they are not able to maintain their finances with their offspring. Even though the government supports thousands of dollars for their children’s medical care, that can’t be the magic bullet.
*Vocabularies; to be on the brink, cedar, homemaker, bed and breakfast, luster, township, for good, sit, casualty, dire, be on the verge of something, lure, draw, magic bullet, plummet
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