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djtangoyesterday at 11:18 AM2 repliesview on HN

Seeing tiny tiny kids walking around is one of my favourite qualities of Japanese life, and on the flipside I sensed a quiet but shared responsibility/interest everyone took in making sure no harm befell the child on their journey. One the purest luxuries of living in such a high trust society


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elgenieyesterday at 9:02 PM

That feeling of shared societal responsibility probably has at least something to do with the birth rate. Japan is down to just 686K babies born per year from a population of 123 million.

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mlrtimeyesterday at 11:34 AM

It's great, you just need to be Japanese.