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Japan has a stagnant economy, bad prospects for the young, horrendously long working hours and higher suicide rates.
by branchless 10y ago
Japan has a stagnant economy, bad prospects for the young, horrendously long working hours and higher suicide rates.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoIndeed. I really can't understand why people look up to the worst of Japan's Lost Decades economy.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoBecause its where everyone else is headed; Japan simply got there first.
- GreaterFool 10y agoI don't see it. For all the problems in Japan, young people seem happy and content and their prospects seem much better than prospects of young people in USA. I look at USA and see millions of people living miserable lives with no way to escape. Yes, the corporate culture is terrible but some people decide not to participate (job availability went up recently but unemployment didn't go down). Some people are putting the foot down and things are slowly changing. You can point at suicide rate, I'll point at police brutality in US, the mass shootings, rampant drug problems (including painkiller epidemic), obesity, health problems (how many people are on disability?). So when you come out and say how terrible life is in Japan, have a good hard look at the land of the free. From what I see there's no milk and honey left for 99% of the people.
- branchless 10y agoI'm not from the US but yes it looks like a hell of a mess there. And so does Japan, not as bad as the US I'll grant you.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoUS citizen here, early 30s. My wife and I are preparing to head out as expats when our child arrives. We're paying ~$700/month in health insurance premiums (going up to $1000 next year per our insurer, before adding our newborn), real estate is expensive anywhere where non-remote jobs are plentiful, as well as the issues you mentioned. I love my country, I simply hate what its government and citizens have done to it :(