2720: Japan has only one child.

If Japan's birthrate doesn't improve, it may have only one child by 2720, warns expert Hiroshi Yoshida.

Y'all, listen up! If Japan keeps this low birthrate trend up, in 695 years, the whole country is down to just one kid under 14! Can you imagine that? This forecast comes from Hiroshi Yoshida, a professor at Tohoku University's Research Center for Aged Economy and Society.

He's got this wild counter that ticks down to the day—by January 5, 2720, that’s the grim reality. Since 2012, he’s been dropping these estimates every April, and let me tell you, that's a heavy bag to carry for the future!

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