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Countries need a “replacement fertility rate” of 2.1 births per woman to keep the population from shrinking. Japan's fertility rate is 1.4 — the result of women focusing more on their careers and the long hours workers typically spend at the office.

As a result, the country's economy has been shrinking for decades.

This dangerous mixture has led to what economists call a “demographic time bomb” — a doomsday-type scenario in which Japan could actually go extinct if it doesn't encourage its young people to start having kids.

>42% of men and 44.2% of women in Japan aged between 18 to 34 are virgins

Japan gets state-issued girlfriends soon, will be first modern country to implement state-controlled human matchmaking with financial incentive to have children.