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0:03A certain Note post is now the talk of
0:05the town. Its content discusses a
0:10future where being single is the
0:12majority. It introduces data released
0:17by government agencies. Estimates show
0:21that in 2040, the percentage of men who
0:24have never married by age 50 will be
0:2630.4%. The author questions the
0:34projection that women will peak at 22.2
0:36%and then decline, using various
0:38materials to explore a future where
0:40over half the population is single. And
0:49it argues that the Showa-era society,
0:51where almost everyone got married, was
0:53actually the exception. It has caused a
0:59huge stir on social media.
1:04I feel like society is progressing just
1:06as the Note describes. 1
1:10Let's build up assets and maintain our
1:12health for old age.
1:16So we must provide incentives for
1:17marriage to prevent this. Regarding
1:22this decline in marriage, the
1:23government and local authorities are
1:25taking measures from the perspective of
1:27the falling birthrate.
1:34We want to increase the take-home pay
1:35of the younger generation so that those
1:37who want to get married or have
1:38children don't have to give up on those
1:40dreams. On August 8th of Reiwa 8, with
1:48three eights in a row, we are naming it
1:50"Honey Marriage Day" and will hold the
1:52Tokyo Marriage Support Festa. The Tokyo
2:00Metropolitan Government is heavily
2:02promoting marriage support, such as
2:03through events and operating matching
2:05apps, but...
2:10Will the day truly arrive when, as the
2:12viral Note suggests, over half the
2:14population is single? If that happens,
2:20we will consider how individual lives
2:22and society might change.
2:26Yes. Mr. Allen, regarding the fact that
2:30more people are not marrying lately, I
2:32think this is a trend seen all over the
2:34world.
2:36Especially in developed countries,
2:37right?
2:38Yeah. I mean, in the past, people
2:42placed more importance on marriage, and
2:44I think there was less entertainment,
2:45but today, we have so many choices and
2:47are flooded with fun things to do.
2:52Young people will likely realize that
2:54marriage isn't everything.
2:56Yeah. Yeah.
2:57Also, I think there are many people
2:59today who want to cherish their time
3:01alone or their free time.
3:02That is exactly right.
3:04Yeah.
3:04Yeah.
3:05I absolutely prefer being alone.
3:07Right.
3:08It's just not for me anymore. Being
3:10with someone else.
3:11Is that so? Is that so?
3:13Yes. I can't even stand one day. One
3:16day either. One
3:17day either.
3:18Yes. Even when I go on trips with
3:19friends, I always tell them I need a
3:21separate room and a separate bath.
3:22You don't share?
3:23I absolutely hate that. But you know,
3:27there are actually a lot of people like
3:29me. People who prefer to be alone, like
3:31sleeping alone.
3:31Yeah. Even with a partner?
3:33I don't have a partner, actually.
3:35Because I'm not interested.
3:37I get bored easily, so two hours is my
3:39limit.
3:40Even shorter than a day.
3:42Two hours is my limit, so
3:44two
3:44hours, right?
3:46In that case, I feel like it's tough to
3:48imagine marriage increasing in this day
3:50and age. Well, I get that. Yeah.
3:53Yeah. We've been sharing those personal
3:56feelings, but now let's introduce the
3:57guest for this segment.
3:59He is Professor Masahiro Yamada, a
4:01specialist in family sociology. Mr.
4:04Yamada, thank you for joining us.
4:06Ah, thank you for having me.
4:08Thank you.
4:09Let me reintroduce the article on Note
4:11that is currently buzzing, and here is
4:13an overview. It discusses the issue of
4:17Japan's high unmarried rate, suggesting
4:20we might be heading toward a society
4:22where the majority—over 50%—do not
4:24marry. Looking at the numbers is even
4:29more surprising: the percentage of
4:31people who have never been married by
4:33age 50. In 1970, it was 1.7%for men and
4:393.3%for women, compared to 2020.
4:43It reached 28.3%for men and, as you can
4:47see, 17.8%for women. Regarding the
4:52point that this will become the
4:53majority, Mr. Yamada, what are your
4:55thoughts?
4:58Well, while it will increase somewhat
5:01from here, I personally don't think it
5:03will actually reach 50%. However, it
5:10will likely reach around 30 to 35%for
5:13men and 20 to 25%for women, but if you
5:15look at it in terms of being "single,"
5:18since one in three couples now divorce,
5:21I believe a society where 50%of people
5:23have no spouse will arrive soon.
5:29Yeah.
5:29I see.
5:30I see.
5:31So it leads to that, doesn't it?
5:33Yamada-san, one more question: the
5:35article about being single really blew
5:37up. Do you think it resonated because
5:40people feel the same way, or because
5:42they're worried about the situation?
5:45Why do you think it struck such a chord
5:47?
5:47Well, let’s see. The truth is, most
5:51people actually do want to get married
5:53if you look at the surveys. Really?
5:57Oh, is that so? And recently, a lot of
6:02young people have started thinking
6:03about their old age, too.
6:07The fear of ending up alone in old age
6:09is very real. They have colleagues now,
6:16or their parents are still around, but
6:18they worry about being isolated once
6:20their parents are gone or they retire,
6:22which is why we’re seeing more cases
6:24of "lonely deaths." That anxiety is
6:31spreading. I believe that’s why
6:34articles like this one garner so much
6:36interest. I see.
6:39So, surveys show they want to marry,
6:41but they’re also worried about old
6:43age. If they want to, why aren't they
6:47marrying? Do we know why?
6:51Well, if you're going to get married,
6:53you want financial stability, right?
6:57Right.
6:57Yeah. Exactly. Especially in this day
7:00and age.
7:00No matter...
7:01Yeah.
7:03No matter how much you say you want to
7:04marry, it’s not like just anyone will
7:06do. Exactly.
7:09Relationships matter, so you at least
7:11need to like the person, right? Yeah.
7:14Uh-huh.
7:14Yeah. But now I’m starting to get
7:16worried.
7:17Maybe I have to get married.
7:19No, no, I’m just saying I’m
7:20starting to feel that way. My own old
7:22age...
7:22Who am I even going to marry?
7:24What should I do? Thinking about it
7:26like that, it’s true.
7:29Life is so much fun right now, but what
7:31happens when I'm 60 or 70 and can't
7:33work or stay active like I used to?
7:37Yeah.
7:38If you don't have kids, who’s going
7:40to take care of you?
7:41By then, we’ll probably have physical
7:43AI or something, so it’ll be fine.
7:45Oh, I guess that’s okay then.
7:48Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
7:51Never mind! Wait, haven't you really
7:54thought about it until now? About the
7:56two of you growing old together and
7:57such.
7:58Yeah.
7:58I mean, of course, I’ve been thinking
8:00about the financial side of things
8:02recently, but...
8:02That’s true.
8:03Yeah.
8:05I do hear that people miss having
8:07someone to do things with every day.
8:09And...
8:10When you get to that age, for me right
8:12now, I can take care of my parents, but
8:14there are no children to take care of
8:16me, right?
8:17Yeah.
8:18Well, but there’s AI, you know.
8:20That’s how it’ll be. Exactly. Isn't
8:23that scary?
8:25By the way, Mr. Allen, I believe you
8:26mentioned that you wouldn't get married
8:28. What was the reason for that? Why say
8:33you won't marry? Well, honestly,
8:35frankly speaking, it’s just not
8:37appealing, right? You lose your freedom
8:39.
8:39Yeah.
8:39I prefer freedom.
8:40That’s the first reason. Freedom.
8:42But, like, when something happens to
8:44you, or how should I put it...Well, for
8:46instance, wouldn't it be nice to have
8:48someone you can always reach out to
8:50when you’re feeling negative? Also,
8:52when you go home, or when you get sick,
8:54for example.
8:55Right. That’s scary, isn't it?
8:58I have a family, and once you get used
8:59to your wife and kids being at home,
9:01when they go back to visit their
9:03parents during the Obon holidays and
9:05I’m alone for about ten days, I’m
9:06just bored out of my mind.
9:09Yeah.
9:10Wow.
9:10I don’t even want to go home anymore,
9:12because I know I’ll just be alone
9:13anyway.
9:14Yeah. So I truly felt that humans are
9:17meant to live in groups, but then again
9:19, that’s because you’re used to
9:21being with your family.
9:23I see, I’ve been living as a lone
9:26wolf for so long, especially for the
9:28last 13 or 14 years, that it’s become
9:30too comfortable. So, if I were to get
9:34sick and be hospitalized, I wonder who
9:36I would even contact.
9:38Like that.
9:39Yeah, getting sick...
9:42What should I do? It’s scary when you
9:45actually think about it, even if
9:47you’re single.
9:48Oh, how about you, Mr. Abe?
9:50Well, I think we tend to pack a little
9:52too much into the institution of
9:53marriage, don’t you think?
9:55I mean, when we talk about this anxiety
9:57about old age, we have to remember that
9:59one in three couples gets divorced. You
10:04might say you're married right now, but
10:06there's no real guarantee that you'll
10:08still be married 40 or 50 years down
10:10the road.
10:14Since about 30 to 40 percent of couples
10:16split up—and that rate will likely
10:18keep rising—it doesn't really make
10:19sense to use marriage as a way to ease
10:21your anxieties about old age. Yeah.
10:25On the other hand, when we talk about
10:27supporting child-rearing, some people
10:28want that support but don't want the
10:30other restrictions, which makes you
10:32question if this system is even right.
10:35We’ve crammed everything from
10:37maintaining a household and raising
10:38children to alleviating fears about old
10:40age all into the institution of
10:42marriage, but that’s unsustainable.
10:45Unless we break these functions apart
10:46and create a new social system, it's
10:48unlikely we'll see birth rates increase
10:50. If you don't mind me asking, what are
10:54your personal views on marriage, or
10:56your thoughts on the future as we've
10:57been discussing?
10:59Well, I personally think the current
11:01system is irrational, so I don't really
11:03have any desire to actively use it.
11:04You mean the institution of marriage?
11:06Exactly.
11:07Oh, I see.
11:08It’s not that I’m against living
11:10with someone or raising children—
11:12those are wonderful things—but I am
11:13skeptical of the marriage system itself
11:15and wonder why we have to use that
11:17specific framework to do those things.
11:19I see what you mean. Do you have any
11:22thoughts on why the unmarried rate is
11:24so high?
11:25Well, that’s a difficult question. As
11:28Dr. Yamada mentioned earlier, if you
11:30look at the data, it's clear that men
11:32with low incomes are almost unable to
11:33get married. Exactly.
11:35Yeah.
11:36For men, it's extremely strongly
11:37correlated with annual income.
11:39Yeah.
11:39But for women, it’s not that strong.
11:42So what that means is, women generally
11:44want to marry someone with a higher
11:46income, but the number of men who can
11:48secure that high income within a
11:50certain timeframe—say, in their 20s,
11:5230s, or even 40 s—is actually not
11:54that large.
11:56Because of that situation,
11:59Well, the rate of unmarried men is
12:01rising.
12:01It’s easy to see why it’s
12:02accelerating more sharply.
12:03And this is quite interesting. Looking
12:05at the data earlier, can we see that
12:06graph again? The one showing 1.3%or so?
12:08Indeed. Yes. The unmarried rate. Yes.
12:11What’s fascinating is that in the 70s
12:13, it was actually the men who had half
12:15the rate of the women. It goes from a
12:18story where women had a higher lifelong
12:20unmarried rate to a clean reversal,
12:22doesn't it? Yeah.
12:24And now, after the war, there were
12:26fewer men...
12:26Ah, well, the numbers are from 1970. 70
12:29.
12:29Since they were 50 in 1970, they were
12:31born in 1920, so many had passed away
12:33in the war. The population base is
12:35different, so I think the background is
12:37different. Still, the way the curve
12:39rises is clearly different, which is
12:41quite strange.
12:44But I think the primary cause for this
12:45is high prices and stagnant wages.
12:51In fact, one of my own staff members is
12:53considering getting married or having
12:55children, but...
12:57They are someone who just can't take
12:59that step. Even in Tokyo, a small house
13:04costs 70, 80, or 90 million yen, and
13:07condos are like 100 million yen or more
13:10, right? Ordinary people can't buy them
13:13.
13:13Yeah.
13:13Yeah.
13:14With today's income levels in Japan, no
13:16one can.
13:17So, it's really just a small group of
13:19the wealthy buying everything up, and
13:21in that situation, even if a child is
13:23born, no matter how much money the
13:25social system provides, you just can't
13:27make a living. Yeah. I think there are
13:30tons of them.
13:31Well, you know, I live in Aichi
13:33Prefecture.
13:34Yes.
13:34And, first of all, there are many
13:36people living in Tokyo
13:37who don't even need to be there, and,
13:39well, simply put, everyone has become
13:41so childish. Because they’re always
13:44thinking about how they want to be more
13:45free,
13:46want to play more, and things like that
13:48, they never end up getting married.
13:49They can't grow up.
13:50Yes. By around 30, you should normally
13:52have played to your heart's content.
13:54Like, you've done it all. There's
13:56nothing left to do for your own sake.
13:58You should be moving toward wanting to
14:00do things for others or for your family
14:01, but everyone is too immature for that
14:03to happen. I think that's simply it.
14:06Oh no. That really hit home, and
14:10I'm starting to feel sick.
14:11I go shopping every day, eat and drink
14:13whatever I want every day, play every
14:15day, and sleep in—I do whatever I
14:16want. I'm over 30, though.
14:18Shopping every day...
14:19Normally, you'd get bored. Of that kind
14:21of thing.
14:21I'm hopeless. Seriously, I go to the
14:24department store before work, and even
14:26before I start. I went to the
14:27department store today, too.
14:29Yeah.
14:30I can't go on unless I'm shopping.
14:32Every single day, I want to live in the
14:34city more and more, and my desires just
14:36keep rising. I'm in trouble.
14:39Well, Allen, you're a pretty unique
14:41case. But for the average person who
14:44might come to Tokyo with dreams,
14:46the truth is, if things don't work out
14:48by the time you're around 30, you
14:49should just go back home and settle
14:51down. Ah. Because if you stay in Tokyo,
14:53Yeah.
14:54well, you can always find a way to hang
14:56out or kill time, so there's no sense
14:58of urgency.
14:58Yeah. That's right.
15:00Now, Yamada-san, having heard all this,
15:02how do you feel about it?
15:05Well, there's a lot to it, but I was
15:07just out in the countryside until a
15:08little while ago, conducting research
15:10on people looking for marriage partners
15:12,
15:14and when I talk to them, well, first of
15:16all, there are no women in the
15:18countryside.
15:20That's right. Well, since people
15:22gravitate toward cities, the ratio of
15:24women is extremely high.
15:26Yes.
15:27And so, it's quite difficult...
15:29There are actually a lot of people who
15:30want to get married but can't find a
15:32partner. Yeah.
15:33I see. That, that does happen. They
15:35can't meet anyone?
15:36Also...
15:36Yes, please go ahead.
15:38Also, well, there are many different
15:40forms of marriage. Even among my
15:42students, there are those who
15:43absolutely don't want to sleep in the
15:45same room...
15:46Yeah. ...and say they'd be fine with
15:48living apart or having separate
15:49bedrooms.
15:50Yeah. But even those people, well, even
15:54they would say that if something
15:55happens......they want someone to help
16:00them.
16:00Yeah.
16:01You could say that.
16:03Th-that's strange. It's like...
16:05It shouldn't be about someone to look
16:06after you in your old age or help you
16:08out; you should marry because you've
16:10fallen deeply in love with someone and
16:11want to be with them forever, don't
16:13want anyone else to take them, want to
16:15have their children, or want them to
16:16bear your children—those are the
16:18motivations for marriage, right? Isn't
16:20it?
16:20Yet, they talk about, what should I say
16:23? Things like care in their old age...
16:25...wanting someone to look after their
16:26health or help them when they get sick.
16:28That's exactly what AI is for. That
16:31will probably be possible with AI soon,
16:33but that's not the point.
16:35And in the first place, isn't the
16:36decision to have children or not based
16:38on the need for laborers? People used
16:39to have children because they needed
16:41workers, but now we don't need them, so
16:43the number of children doesn't increase
16:44, and if you don't need children,
16:46there's no need to marry, which is just
16:47the obvious...
16:48Yeah. ...situation we've reached, I
16:50think.
16:51This is bad, I can't think of the
16:53specific values now. Oh no, this is bad
16:55. Mr. Kasan, on the other hand, there
16:58are various systems......that exist as
17:03a reality, right?
17:04Well, that's true. After all, if we
17:08want to pass this country of Japan on
17:10to the next generation—though "
17:12maintain" might not be the right word
17:14—we certainly want the children of
17:16that next generation to grow up happily
17:18, and we want that number of children
17:20to increase, and I think that's
17:22something everyone is in agreement on.
17:28I think we can all agree that we want
17:30many children to grow up healthy and
17:32happy here in Japan. So, while I
17:39believe how individuals choose to build
17:41their own lifestyles is entirely their
17:43own choice, I think there is a
17:45consensus that, as a nation and as a
17:47society, we should support and raise
17:49many children to be healthy and strong.
17:58Most people agree on this, so the
18:00nation and the government are working
18:02hard to expand child-rearing support
18:04systems that have been lacking, and in
18:06local regions in particular,
18:07municipalities are providing support to
18:09help young people get married.
18:14Uh, excuse me, but—If I may push a
18:16little further, looking at that graph
18:18from earlier, if things continue this
18:19way—I won’t go as far as to say a "
18:21national crisis," though it’s close,
18:23and former Prime Minister Abe did call
18:24it a national crisis.
18:25He said the declining birthrate was a
18:27national crisis.
18:28If that’s the case, I feel like there
18:30must be something more we can do. When
18:33it comes to the message we send, well,
18:35this is naturally a matter of personal
18:37values, and I don't think we should
18:39ever go back to the old days of telling
18:41people to "bear more children," but I
18:43do wonder about our current social
18:45security system itself. Personally, I
18:50think we could step up our efforts a
18:52bit more. For the children.
18:55Well, a one-shot solution would be a
18:57minimum hourly wage of 30,000 yen. That
19:01would make the public truly prosperous,
19:03and I think people would get married
19:04like crazy.
19:07But actually, that’s true; without a
19:08certain level of income, you don't have
19:10peace of mind, and you don't get in the
19:12"mood" for that—I don't know what I'm
19:14saying, but you don't get in that mood,
19:16right? People who are just struggling
19:19to get by every day don't have the
19:21space to meet someone new, though there
19:23are plenty of poor families living in
19:24small housing complexes who have many
19:26children.
19:27Yeah. Maybe those people are a
19:30different case. Well, how should I put
19:32this. Well,
19:33that might be limited to rural areas.
19:36In the city center, that might not be
19:38the case.
19:39Well, that is, in terms of areas, for
19:41example, places like Okinawa or Kochi,
19:43there is actually a correlation where
19:45areas with relatively lower average
19:47income tend to have more children born.
19:49There is, isn't there.
19:51Yes. And I think one reason is that
19:53there’s a sort of community function
19:55—essentially, where you can offload
19:56some of the child-rearing duties to the
19:58local area—and places where that
20:00community function remains have less of
20:02a burden when having children;
20:03conversely, if you try to raise kids
20:05properly in Tokyo, you start worrying
20:07about the quality of education—I’m
20:08in Minato Ward now, and I honestly
20:10wonder about the elementary schools
20:12here. We should create a system to send
20:13people back to the countryside if they
20:15haven’t made something of themselves
20:16by their 30s. Flowing in,
20:18I’m not sure what defines "making
20:20something of oneself," though,
20:21like, "why are you even here?" But one
20:26thing is that, especially for men, you
20:27can't even get to the starting line for
20:29marriage without income, so that’s
20:31one area for improvement; and since
20:33there are still many people who
20:34actually want to have kids or get
20:36married but don't, we should definitely
20:37do things like reduce the burden after
20:39birth and expand public child-rearing
20:41so that kids can be raised at school
20:43without too much hands-on effort from
20:44the parents. More than that, it’s
20:51honestly tough without general national
20:53prosperity, so ultimately we have to
20:55create profitable industries and ensure
20:56that everyone’s income rises through
20:58them.
21:00Yeah. After all, these profitable
21:02industries are important, and as
21:04Tabi-san mentioned earlier, people
21:06congregate in urban areas. When they
21:09graduate high school at 18, they head
21:11out to Tokyo or other major
21:13metropolitan areas for college or jobs.
21:16Yeah.
21:18They spend their lives there, get
21:19married, and don't end up returning to
21:21their hometowns.
21:22So, we really have to do something
21:23about that—well, that's fine for now,
21:25I guess.
21:26Yes.
21:27But there are also constraints on
21:28living conditions, like not being able
21:30to have children. Many people want
21:32three but settle for one, so there's
21:34the issue of not reaching the desired
21:36birth rate.
21:36Right, some say higher income leads to
21:38more children, but isn't there also the
21:40theory that the more developed a
21:41country becomes, the fewer children are
21:42born? That’s true.
21:43If our income increases, Japan will
21:45become an even more developed nation,
21:46right? So, I can't help but think the
21:48number of children will just end up
21:49decreasing anyway.
21:49Yama-san, what do you think about this
21:51point? Ah, let's go to Yama-san for a
21:53second. Yama-san, what are your
21:54thoughts on this?
21:55Oh, the connection cut out for a moment
21:57, but regarding the point about how
21:59higher incomes lead to marriage and
22:01having children versus the idea that
22:03developed nations see declining birth
22:06rates—what’s your take, Yofu-san?
22:09Well, it’s about the expectation that
22:12you can live in better conditions than
22:14now and, specifically, raise children.
22:18Every country sees an increase in the
22:19number of children during their growth
22:21phase.
22:22Yeah.
22:23In an era where tomorrow is expected to
22:25be more prosperous than today, you feel
22:27like your children will be fine
22:28regardless of how many you have, but
22:30the moment growth stops...
22:32Yeah. The moment it declines, in Japan,
22:35Korea, and China, people start thinking
22:37they can only properly raise their own
22:40child, or that—
22:41It’s pathetic. In other words, the
22:44more you care about children, the fewer
22:46you have, because you feel it would be
22:47cruel to bring a child into this
22:49current state of the world.
22:51And that’s why more people are
22:53choosing not to marry. So, while having
22:58hope and a vision for higher income for
23:00everyone is important, making that a
23:02reality in today's world is becoming
23:04quite difficult, isn't it? I think
23:09that’s the case.
23:10Actually, I heard something. In 2026,
23:12this year, Singapore is by far the
23:15leading economic power in Asia, right?
23:19It seems that Singapore’s birth rate
23:22was the lowest in history this year,
23:24and looking at the data, well, housing,
23:26housing, yeah.
23:30Costs have gone way up, and there’s
23:32no money to rent a place to live after
23:34having a child. So basically, you
23:38can’t rely on your parents 'home.
23:43Since Singapore is a small country,
23:45that seems to be the problem, so I do
23:47think wages and prices are becoming
23:49unbalanced worldwide.
23:53If only that gap could be bridged, then
23:55, yeah.
23:56I think people might be able to think
23:57about it with more peace of mind.
23:59Marriage and childbirth, too. With that
24:01in mind, Mr. Yamada, what can Japanese
24:04society do in this current situation?
24:07Well, the number one thing is gender
24:09equality, which even students are
24:11talking about now. They say you can't
24:17even own a home unless both husband and
24:18wife are full-time employees, so
24:20creating an environment where young men
24:22and women can both work and raise
24:23children is at least the minimum
24:25requirement. Well, that's true.
24:31I think gender equality has been a
24:33topic for a long time, but...
24:35It’s still not enough. And if there
24:36are areas for improvement, what would
24:38they be?
24:38Well, the rate of women in full-time
24:40employment is still low. It really
24:42still is.
24:43They are working, but part-time.
24:45The hurdle is very high. Ensuring that
24:48through childcare leave, especially in
24:50regional areas, the so-called
24:51discriminatory environment for women
24:53still remains strong, so...
24:56The number of children in Tokyo
24:57hasn’t decreased that much, but the
24:59number of children in rural areas is
25:01dropping sharply.
25:01Yeah. Well, in any case. Mr. Yamada,
25:10actually, I’m over 50 and single, so
25:12is there any way to fill that void of
25:14not having a partner while remaining
25:16single? That’s a different,
25:23That’s a different topic, now a life
25:25consultation has started.
25:28What’s popular now, what’s popular
25:29is matchmaking for middle-aged and
25:31older people, or, well, matching apps
25:33where you can make friends in that age
25:35group, even if it's not for marriage,
25:37are really spreading.
25:40Well, suddenly bringing up something so
25:42vague...
25:43It's okay, I'll fulfill that for you.
25:47I really will introduce someone if you
25:48need help with that. It will help you
25:50if you're single. Wait, what was that
25:52...
25:52Also, earlier, ah, is it okay?
25:54Go ahead. Please, go ahead. Also,
25:57speaking of AI from earlier, I recently
25:59interviewed a woman in her 40s who
26:01married an AI.
26:06When I asked how she thinks about her
26:08old age, she said they always consult
26:10each other about what to do. She said
26:18they are constantly discussing how to
26:20manage things once she's older, and
26:22that the AI even says, "I can stay with
26:24you even in a nursing home."
26:28Yes. So,
26:30perhaps that kind of society
26:33might actually come to be.
26:35No, stop counting on children who
26:37clearly have no prospect of increasing.
26:40Honestly, I think it's more realistic
26:42to quickly build a social system that
26:44doesn't rely on children.
26:46Yeah.
26:47Well, this, this is growing quite a bit
26:49, so...
26:50Ah,
26:51I actually think that by not building a
26:53society that relies on children, we
26:55might end up increasing the number of
26:57children.
26:58I see.
27:01I'm Naoyuki Hiraishi, the host of Abema
27:04Prime. Thank you for watching. Please
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