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Japan sells more adult diapers than baby diapers

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Demographics are shifting in the most depressing retail metric possible. Japan's population is aging so rapidly and their birth rate has plummeted so drastically that a staggering economic milestone was crossed over a decade ago. Major Japanese paper companies now consistently sell more adult diapers than baby diapers, highlighting an inverted population pyramid that is slowly squeezing the workforce.

Japan sells more adult diapers than baby diapers
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