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They say events in Japan often foretell the future of a highly developed and urbanized society, could be parallel to the old "Japanese people are not having muc

They say events in Japan often foretell the future of a highly developed and urbanized society, could be parallel to the old "Japanese people are not having much sex" news in the past, we're just catching up. https://thediplomat.com/2019/04/lets-talk-about-no-sex-a-closer-look-at-japans-virginity-crisis/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/04/lets-talk-about-no-sex-a-clo...

tjr225 4y ago
Who says this?
- forkLding 4y ago
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/japans-fate-could-be-everyone-elses-too/2019/06/12/de70af18-8d20-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/japans-fate-could-be...
  - tjr225 4y ago
    Oh ok. So one person(maybe) at the Washington Post. I guess you’re technically correct.
    - bawolff 4y ago
      Here's another quote from 1989: > last stop before the planet Mars: In Japan, the world’s most technologically sophisticated society, the future has already happened, says Peter Popham https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/01/24/future-has-arrived/?amp=1 https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/01/24/future-has-arrived/...
- bawolff 4y ago
  It was more a thing people said in the 80s
  - tjr225 4y ago
    That was forty years ago…
- lkrubner 4y ago
  Regarding economics, the economist Paul Krugman was the first to say it, in an essay in 1994, when he suggested that the slowdown in Japan might reveal what was going to happen to all other advanced nations. It was an idea he then developed over several years, in a series of essays, and then finally when his predictions came true, he came out with a book on the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Return-Depression-Economics-Crisis-2008/dp/0393071014/ https://www.amazon.com/Return-Depression-Economics-Crisis-20...
rippercushions 4y ago
You just linked to an article that debunks the myth that Japanese are less sexually active than other people. TL;DR: the study that started it all, claiming that 40% of Japanese are virgins, was limited to people who have never married and this obviously skews the sample greatly.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/14/record-number-of-young-people-in-japan-rejecting-marriage-survey-shows https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/14/record-number-... (Record number of young people in Japan rejecting marriage, survey shows; Rise in people aged 18-34 who don’t intend to marry has consequences for Japan’s low birth rate and depopulation concerns)

tjr225 4y ago

Who says this?

forkLding 4y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/japans-fate-could-be-everyone-elses-too/2019/06/12/de70af18-8d20-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/japans-fate-could-be...
- tjr225 4y ago
  Oh ok. So one person(maybe) at the Washington Post. I guess you’re technically correct.
  - bawolff 4y ago
    Here's another quote from 1989: > last stop before the planet Mars: In Japan, the world’s most technologically sophisticated society, the future has already happened, says Peter Popham https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/01/24/future-has-arrived/?amp=1 https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/01/24/future-has-arrived/...
bawolff 4y ago
It was more a thing people said in the 80s
- tjr225 4y ago
  That was forty years ago…
lkrubner 4y ago
Regarding economics, the economist Paul Krugman was the first to say it, in an essay in 1994, when he suggested that the slowdown in Japan might reveal what was going to happen to all other advanced nations. It was an idea he then developed over several years, in a series of essays, and then finally when his predictions came true, he came out with a book on the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Return-Depression-Economics-Crisis-2008/dp/0393071014/ https://www.amazon.com/Return-Depression-Economics-Crisis-20...

rippercushions 4y ago

You just linked to an article that debunks the myth that Japanese are less sexually active than other people. TL;DR: the study that started it all, claiming that 40% of Japanese are virgins, was limited to people who have never married and this obviously skews the sample greatly.

toomuchtodo 4y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/14/record-number-of-young-people-in-japan-rejecting-marriage-survey-shows https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/14/record-number-... (Record number of young people in Japan rejecting marriage, survey shows; Rise in people aged 18-34 who don’t intend to marry has consequences for Japan’s low birth rate and depopulation concerns)