NOVA 3

Today in class we watched more of the NOVA video. I learned that the TFR is dropping in Japan. In the video, it was 1.3%. But now, it is 1.4%. Japan's population of 126,000,000 will shrink in half by the end of the century. In some work forces, women with children are considered a burden. The Japanese women have to work to keep their family considered 'middle-class'. They work for long hours at a time. By the year 2050, 1 in 3 Japanese women will be alive over the age of 60. Japanese people live the longest. The men average 78 years and the women average 84 years old.