According to Elon Musk’s tweet, unless the birth rate rises on Monday, Japan “will eventually disappear”, causing a flood of irony and anger.
“If the birth rate doesn’t change beyond the mortality rate, Japan will soon disappear, which is great,” Musk, head of electric car maker Tesla, tweeted over the weekend. World loss. “
This comment is nervous with Japanese watchers and Japan as the population peaked in 2008 and the birth rate dropped to about 125 million last year, despite government warnings and sporadic efforts. increase.
However, Japan is still the world’s third-largest economy, with the world’s biggest players from car makers to game developers, and an important link in the world’s semiconductor supply chain.
“What’s the point of tweeting this?” Written by Tobias Harris, Senior Fellow of the Center for American Progress.