The article misses something important in all of its "Japan is doomed because of the loss of the children" predictions.
Its easy to make more kids.
As the country becomes more empty, it will be more desirable to have kids. (Perhaps living in an apartment the size of a closet puts a damper on ones desire to have rugrats in there with you?) The Japanese population may simply be correcting for the space and resources available, not vanishing in an x-files-esqe mystery as the over-sensationalized article suggests.
Its easy to make more kids.
As the country becomes more empty, it will be more desirable to have kids. (Perhaps living in an apartment the size of a closet puts a damper on ones desire to have rugrats in there with you?) The Japanese population may simply be correcting for the space and resources available, not vanishing in an x-files-esqe mystery as the over-sensationalized article suggests.