Japan's declining population continues to decline, and even Elon Musk, the world's richest man and founder of Tesla and SpaceX, is worried about Japan's declining population, warning that if the situation does not change, Japan will eventually cease to exist. Musk has been a wake-up call in the past about global population decline, with a specific mention of Japan this time. Musk's remarks quickly sparked widespread discussion on the Japanese Internet.
Japan's Kyodo News Agency previously reported that the demographic data released by japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on April 15 showed that as of October 1, 2021, Japan's total population was 125.5 million people, a sharp drop of 644,000 people compared with October 2020.
Japan's population has been declining for 11 consecutive years, the largest decline since 1950, and if you look at the Japanese, the Number of Japanese is 122.78 million, a decrease of 618,000 from the same period last year.
Japan faces the dual challenges of a shrinking labor force and an aging population, according to Kyodo News Agency.
At present, 11.8% of the total population is 11.8% of the total population, which is a record low, while the population aged 65 and over accounts for 28.9% of the total population, which is also a record high.
In response to the news, Musk replied to the comment on May 8, saying, "At the risk of telling the obvious facts, Unless there is a change that causes the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist." This will be a huge loss for the world. ”
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Musk's remarks quickly sparked widespread discussion on the Japanese Internet, and as of May 9, a tweet about his remarks had received more than 10,000 retweets and 35,000 likes.
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The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on May 8 that Musk has repeatedly sounded alarms about the tendency of the global birth rate to decline, but he said that Japan is rare.
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The batteries used in Tesla electric vehicles and Panasonic have an inseparable cooperative relationship, and therefore have a deep relationship with Japan.
Musk said in 2017 that "the world's population (change) is accelerating toward collapse, but most people are not paying attention to it." ”
At an event in 2019, musk and Alibaba founder Jack Ma also agreed when they talked about population reduction.
As a result of COVID-19, there has been a record decline in the number of newborns in some countries. Musk mentioned at an event in Los Angeles in September 2021 that "the biggest risk to human civilization is the rapidly declining birth rate."
Tesla launched the development of the humanoid robot Optimus in 2021, in order to prepare for the decline in population and aging, but also to avoid the problem of manpower shortage in the future. Musk believes that labor is the foundation of the economy.
Tesla aims to complete the product prototype of humanoid robots in 2023 and is also actively recruiting talents in the field of AI artificial intelligence.
Musk said at an earnings briefing in April 2022 that people will eventually understand that Optimus Prime will be more valuable than the auto industry.