They’re gonna need more people, too
lowest birth rate in the world, and half their young men are what the Japanese call “grass-eating animals”
Japan clinging to Xiden like a scared child as China gets ready to roll all over East Asia - truly the last kamikaze mission for the Japanese nation.
Yes, Japan has a withering population. However, do not underestimate their wealth, technology, and manufacturing capability.
The mathematics of war are changing rapidly and those three things can make any nation who possesses them a formidable foe.
half their young men are what the Japanese call “grass-eating animals
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They would just do as they did in WWII - either the kid joins or the family dies including the kid.