Musk’s warning about Japan’s declining population will eventually cease to exist: Japan’s total population is too miserable

In response to Japan’s population decline, Musk, who just recently acquired Twitter, commented on May 8 that “unless there is a change that causes the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist.” Musk’s remarks quickly sparked on the Japanese Internet. widely discussed.

The English website of Kyodo News previously reported that,Demographic data released by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on April 15 showed that as of October 1, 2021, Japan’s total population was 125.5 million, a decrease of 644,000 compared with October 2020. This report was forwarded by a netizen on May 8.

In response to this news, Musk responded to a comment that day, saying, “At the risk of stating the obvious, unless there is a change in which the birth rate exceeds the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist. This will be a huge loss to the world. “

“Nihon Keizai Shimbun” reported on the 8th that Musk has repeatedly sounded the alarm about the tendency of the global birth rate to decline, but he talked about Japan is rare.According to the report, Musk said in 2017, “The world’s population (change) is accelerating toward collapse, but most people are not paying attention to this.” In September 2021, he emphasized again, “Yes The greatest risk to human civilization is the rapidly declining birth rate.”

The report also mentioned that in response to population decline and aging, Musk’s company Tesla will start the development project of the “Optimus Prime” humanoid robot to replace manpower in 2021, with the goal of completing the prototype in 2023. Musk said in April 2022, “People will eventually understand that Optimus Prime will be more valuable than the auto industry.

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