Are the Japanese going extinct?

There are a lot of stories across the web over the past few years potentially attributing a loss of population to the small towns in Japan, and there are a lot of people choosing to delay or to go without children.

A recent picture by Journeyman Pictures shed light on this issue, with some personal stories that highlight the challenges that face the Japanese population in the modern age. The economic environment is such that the places with jobs are usually less amenable to raising a family, and the small towns and villages are losing population quickly.

There are fewer children now than there were in the past, and the economics of Japan don't provide significant financial incentives to parents to enable women to take time away from work to raise their children or men to take time away to raise their families.

Here is the piece from Journeyman Pictures, feel free to judge for yourself.