AP Success - AP Human Geography: Japan's Total Fertility Rate

In 2020, Japan’s total fertility rate was 1.34. The Japanese government has attempted to raise the total fertility rate in many ways.

Define the concept of total fertility rate.

Describe ONE way the total fertility rate impacts the rate of natural increase.

Explain ONE economic reason why Japan’s total fertility rate shifted from 2 in 1960 to 1.34 in 2020.

Explain how greater political rights for women in developed countries will likely affect the total fertility rate.

Explain how the legalization of abortion in Japan in 1948 and over-the-counter contraception in 1999 impacted the nation’s total fertility rate.

Explain ONE cultural reason why a racially homogenous country such as Japan enacts pronatalist policies over increased immigration.

Explain ONE challenge pronatalist policies face in attempting to increase the total fertility rate in a post-industrial country such as Japan.