Japan in Terminal Decline

The root of Japan's myriad problems is population decline, as this article outlines. Locally, the prefectural BOE has announced it will reduce the number of public HS from 86 to 64 by 2039. (Last March, a mere 18,500 15-year-olds graduated from JHS- the total population of Niigata is 2.1 million). Furthermore, in 2039 the no. of JHS graduates is expected to number less than 8000.