Check out this Current television show titled "Robot Nation." It talks about Japan's population time bomb. The country is facing an ageing population, and Japanese people are also not producing enough children to sustain their economy. The show estimates that Japan could lose up to 2/3rds of its population in the next century.
Apparently Japanese men and women work so hard that they don't have enough energy have sex when they get home. (Sounds like parts of Orange County.) A Japanese sex expert says that Japanese married couples have the lowest rate of intercourse in the world.
Immigration would be a solution to Japan's workforce problem, but Japan is a largely homogeneous country which is not welcoming to outsiders. Even ethnic Koreans, who are born and raised in Japan, have to adopt Japanese names if they want Japanese citizenship.
Being a forward-thinking country, the Japanese look to robotic technology to solve their labor shortage. Japanese scientists envision robotic home helpers being used to aid senior citizens.
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