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Why does Japan have so few children? – BBC News
Japan’s number of children has been reported to be at its lowest since 1950.
There are just 14.6 million children in the nation under the age of 14, according to figures from Japan’s internal affairs ministry.
Japan’s falling birth rate and high life expectancy is putting pressure on public spending and resulting in labour shortages.
The BBC’s population correspondent Stephanie Hegarty reports.
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Thousands of opposition supporters marched through Delhi to India’s Supreme Court to demand the election chief resign over alleged electoral roll fraud.
Monday’s “March for Democracy” was the latest in a series of demonstrations, with thousands of security forces deployed and roads barricaded in the capital. Thousands of protesters were detained over the weekend.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi submitted a petition to the court challenging the process, in which tens of millions of names have been struck off the voter rolls.
Opposition parties allege the revision benefits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission and the BJP reject the charge.
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Websites have been taken down worldwide after critical weaknesses were revealed in a programming language which powers much of the internet. Governments and agencies are urging websites to address the problem immediately.
The vulnerabilities were found within the PHP programming language. The flaws were discovered by AI, with cyber-security experts saying were the most severe vulnerabilities ever discovered by the technology, which is reshaping the cyber-security landscape.
The US National Security Agency issued a warning for organisations to take their systems offline if they are unable to immediately apply a fix, which has now been issued. The governments of France and Finland were among those ordering shut down of some web services, along with many private organisations around the world. Japan’s prime minister urged people to check if their publicly-accessible websites ran on PHP.
The vulnerabilities were discovered by cyber-security researchers at the firms Calif and Wiz and were part of a program started by the internet firm OpenAI, called Patch the Planet. They discovered the issue after being given access to the AI company’s advanced AI tools, in order to find and fix flaws in web development language.
OpenAi said the discovery was “one of the most impactful security issues in recent memory”. The flaws had gone undetected for more than a decade. It’s estimated that around 70% of the internet could be vulnerable to the threat.
It had been intended to release details of the issue later this month along with a fix, or software patch, for the problem. However details of the flaw were leaked on social media, forcing PHP Foundation, the organisation that supports use of the programming language, to rush out an announcement of the vulnerability and its huge scale.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by cyber security correspondent Joe Tidy.
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Undercover: Solicitor offers to help ‘mini-mart owner’ dodge fine for illegal worker | BBC News
A solicitor has been secretly filmed by the BBC explaining how he could make a £45,000 illegal working fine go away.
Mohammad Alias Yousaf – also known as Alias – made the claim to an undercover reporter, who was posing as a mini-mart owner facing a fine for employing an illegal worker.
The Bradford-based solicitor told his potential client he could avoid paying the fine if our undercover reporter could find someone overseas prepared to declare themselves the owner of the mini-mart.
Alias has denied ever providing such advice to anyone or giving false information to the Home Office.
At least £150m is currently owed to the government in uncollected illegal working fines, according to Home Office figures obtained by the BBC.
In response to our investigation, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a review of the way illegal working fines are issued and collected.
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In her first broadcast interview since a new book of her life, ‘Is it too late to make a run for it?’, has hit shelves, Dame Judi Dench invited Emma Barnett from Radio 4’s Today programme to her home.
The book is written with her close friend and fellow actor Brendan O’Hea, who sat alongside Dame Judi for a special conversation about her acting, the realities of ageing and some Shakespeare thrown in for good measure.
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@user-go2ux5td4i
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Capitalism
@lemonade8370
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
as a japanese hs student, i’m scared of my future. i don’t want kids because i’m going to b expected to take care of them + do household chores yet still have to work. my mom did so much of domestic work and my dad did literally nothing. so yeah, i’d understand why japan is suffering from ageing population lmao
@vangu2918
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Women are getting smarter about bearing to load in their society just lije everywhere else in the world.
@rumaisakhan3492
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Ya-Rehman ya-Raheem Ya-Rehman ya-Raheem Ya-Rehman ya-Raheem Ya-Rehman
@merlion6613
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Why would anyone want to have children if the mother has almost zero chance of getting back into their field of specialities after giving birth? Vast majority of women in Japan have university degrees and establish their professional success despite still a very much male-dominant society. Then it gets snatched away in an instance just because you get pregnant. Unless the mentality and social support change and true vision for women to succeed flourishes, less and less women will want to have children. No brainer.
@zacharydeco2007
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
I volunteer myself as tribute. Send me to Japan.
@eigelgregossweisse9563
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
No, not work stress, etc- it's because of the social problems themselves. People keep saying its financial instability- 50%, but the other 50% is to do with how consumeristic and brutal the young generation is. Their sociability is a hive minded culture. So when you can't achieve these standards, Japan is brutal in that regards about dropping you like a hot pot… Japanese people also don't show kindness too.
@JuuliusSeizure
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
I mean shii i wouldn't wanna bring a child into this shitty world either🤷♂️
@KuddlesbergTheFirst
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Even if the economy was doing well there is NTR and framing people. Folks don't want relationship or marriage unless they are certain nowadays?
@nette9836
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Gang, it isn't some wild phenomenon. It is very simple, older generations have created a culture of expensiveness, greed, and lack of opportunity. People do not reproduce on unfavorable conditions. Simple. Maybe, actually listen to younger people?
@bobbysands6923
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Yalda is the most gorgeous woman on the planet…
@ivangoryachev1741
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
On this day, the United States of America dropped nuclear bombs on Japanese cities. This is the most terrible war crime in the entire history of mankind. And this crime was carried out by the USA. This is the most important enemy of humanity today!!!
@matthewnggametime2537
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Because they keep eating sashimi
@mohdnazrien2288
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
I need to go there to make child
@theultimatereductionist7592
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Because they are not worth it and don't deserve to reproduce. That's why. Fuck nationalism.
@soton5teve
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T ALLOWED GAY ADOPTION, AND SURROGACY YET
@SuperTonyony
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Japan deserves to go extinct. They were allied with the Nazis, for crying out loud.
@sahpem4425
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
My Japanese friend has had infertility struggles.😥
@georger6624
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Japan gives a lot of money for a child
@teanchaiploytumthailandsin7116
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
thailand
@mif.2156
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
japan must ban condom to increase people
@dohminkonoha3200
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Young people are very wise, growing children is just reproducing future slaves for greedy capitalists!
We must unite and destroy capitalism before it kills us all!
@KHEMARIN2233
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
I want to have more children to be human resources
@KHEMARIN2233
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
I want to have more children to be human resources
@KHEMARIN2233
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
I want to have more children to be human resources
@vgchronicle
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
I heard there is a problem (not the right work – maybe situation instead) with to many elders and too less births. I don't really know why this happens and if one of the reasons is actually that women want to work instead of taking care of children. But if this is the biggest problem why not make a win win situation out of it. Create a system where old people (that are still fit and able to take care) take care of babies and children. I heard that Japan has special work opportunities for old people. They could build upon that and could give some adavantages for old people that take care of children and create some special jobs for them related to children which are also affordable for families. Maybe more people would want to have children if they knew they could still go to work because someone will take care of them. Mabye that's not the resolution to all of the problems, but it would be a beginning. In the end it's more of a personal thing. Do I want old people to take care of my children? Can I teach my children to be respectful to elders and not be to demanding? If this happened it would shape a whole generation. It's just an outsiders perspective, so I don't know if this would work and if this is even the problem to begin with, just a thought I had…
@prankinjp
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
Because living in Japan sucks, that’s all
@marvin6936
December 18, 2023 at 6:10 am
trying to make this a gender issue when men are literally collapsing ob the streets