Japan is facing an existential challenge and its fight against it will change the country forever.

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0:00 Intro
0:56 The Hermit Kingdom
05:00 Sponsored Segment
06:15 The Trap of Zero Immigration

Selected sources and further reading:
https://issuu.com/marlborough_college...
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/20....
https://www.utokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/fe...
https://www.thecollector.com/edojapa...
https://www.nippon.com/en/indepth/a0...
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/f...
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14...
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/202...
https://unherd.com/thepost/numberof....
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/artic... https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/23/...
https://bigthink.com/thepast/japans...
https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/0...
https://www.jcer.or.jp/english/histor...
https://www.csis.org/analysis/resolve...
https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/japan...