Sterben die Japaner aus?

“A falling population, the Yomiuri Shimbun duly wailed, meant that national survival was at stake. It may have a point: with no change in the current fertility rate – below 1.3 children per woman of child-bearing age – the last Japanese will die as soon as 2800.â€?
(Quelle: Greying Japan. The downturn, in: The Economist, January 7th 2006)