, Columnist
We Have to Stop Discussing Japan’s Birthrate Like This
Predictable tropes about Japan are unhelpful.
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As the global fertility crisis deepens, the world keeps looking for a convenient explanation.
Housing prices, perhaps. Feckless millennials, the Peter Pan generation that never grew up. Too few rights for women or, depending on who you ask, too many. Everyone seems to have a take.
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