> I can't help but feel that Japan is once again a decade or two ahead of everybody else in a weird sense. I think that's true, but only in a restricted sence

> I can't help but feel that Japan is once again a decade or two ahead of everybody else in a weird sense. I think that's true, but only in a restricted sence - the Anglosphere countries and swathes of Western Europe (plus some others) are some of the most immigration-friendly countrie sin the world; Japan (and the rest of East Asia) is not. > many western nations are already essentially governed by people that would/should be retired This is surpringly a mainly US phenomenon: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/03/24/who-are-the-oldest-and-youngest-current-world-leaders/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/03/24/who-are-t...