Musk recently tweeted: "Sooner or later Japan will cease to exist..."
At first, the news startled the Japanese and wondered: I didn't offend Musk!
What's going on here?
The following picture shows Musk's original tweet:
It turns out that Musk's words are aimed at the Japanese population, not the topic of war or the epidemic.
According to data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in mid-April, Japan's total population last year was about 125 million, more than 640,000 fewer than the previous year. This also includes the negative growth of the population of foreigners in Japan, even in Tokyo.
Musk wrote about Japan's depopulation: "It's a matter of course. Unless something changes in the future cause the birth rate to exceed the mortality rate, Japan will sooner or later cease to exist. This is a huge loss to the world. ”
After reading the original tweet, the Japanese people breathed a sigh of relief: "At first, I was shocked, and it turned out that Musk was only concerned about the decline of Japan's population." ”
A netizen said that Musk does not understand the specific situation in Japan, so his opinion is to observe the change of numbers. But his view is extremely correct from a purely businessman's point of view. The aging of the number of children is a problem not only in Japan but also in developed countries. In Japan, politicians only consider election policies and do not provide fundamental subsidies for young people to raise their descendants. Having children, raising children, paying tuition fees, etc., both spending money and time, making some young people "daunted", so the Japanese population will be smaller and smaller, and the extreme is the result of Musk's words.