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Mariko Oi returns to her home country to witness the astonishing incentives encouraging young people to marry and have children. Japan\\u2019s birth rate is plummeting, its population is ageing and a demographic disaster is looming. In the next 40 years, Japan\\u2019s population is expected to fall from 127 million to 92 million, squeezing the economy and causing national debt to soar.
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