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2000 Estimates,[http://www.demographia.com/db-world-metro2000.htm]</ref> and has a culture that is more masculine than comparable Western countries.

2000 Estimates,[http://www.demographia.com/db-world-metro2000.htm]</ref> and has a culture that is more masculine than comparable Western countries.

Only about 1% of Japan is [[Christian]], and its birth rate is declining by about 5% annually such that it is in a horrific crisis of declining population.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/number-births-japan-hits-record-low-2023-2024-02-27/</ref> Japan was an early promoter of [[abortion]], which may have put it on its current path to self-extinction in its plummeting birth rate.

Only about 1% of Japan is [[Christian]], and its birth rate is declining by about 5% annually such that it is in a horrific crisis of declining population.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/number-births-japan-hits-record-low-2023-2024-02-27/</ref> Japan was an early promoter of [[abortion]], placing it on its current path to self-extinction with its plummeting birth rate.

In November 2022, Japan edged out [[China]] as the largest foreign owner of [[U.S.]] debt, when Japan increased its holding to $1.08 trillion in Treasury securities.

In November 2022, Japan edged out [[China]] as the largest foreign owner of [[U.S.]] debt, when Japan increased its holding to $1.08 trillion in Treasury securities.