(n, vs)declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
少子化と人口の老齢化を見越して業務内容を大幅に変更したあの会社は先見の明があったわけだ。 It was very far-sighted for that company to change its policy to accommodate the decrease in numbers of children and the aging of society.
(n)decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity→Related words:
少子化
, 高齢化
Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.
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