Yeah we will probably see some whacky things come out of Japan soon in this regards. The median age is 47. It's a country of old people and childless youth.
What happened to Japan? They were on the upswing for part of the 20th century and from what I’ve heard, a lot of people in America looked at Japan like one might look at China nowadays, a dangerous economic rival to keep a watch on.
I don’t know much about contemporary Japanese though, and am not sure where to start. I am curious how they went from a threatening world economy to a nation with large dysfunctional youths.
Much of Japan's upswing was an illusion created by borrowing money to build bridges to nowhere. They did have a real advantage in quality manufacturing, but that wasn't a sustainable advantage since other countries figured out how to do the same.
