Accelerating Demographic Suicide.

I've posted before about the declining populations in many countries (even Third World countries are beginning to join the trend). Leading the pack is Japan. If the statistics cited in this article are correct, Japan's demographic suicide may be accelerating.

Japan is in danger of heading for extinction after researchers found that more and more of the country’s young people are shunning the idea of marriage and having children.

One in four unmarried men and women in their 30s say they have never had sex, and the majority of young women prefer the single life.

A record 61.4 per cent of unmarried Japanese men aged between 18 and 34 have no girlfriend, up 9.2 percentage points from 2005, the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in Japan said.

It's like the biological imperative is disappearing.

I would suggest that this is the result of the declining value of marriage and families for both parties. And, notwithstanding the old saying asking "why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free," the costs (financial, time, emotional) of dating and entering into relationships actually prices the "free milk" pretty high. So, in the decline of civilization, first goes kids, then goes marriage, next goes the bother of even having a relationship.