> We should find out what it is about Japan that makes certain things work there. Even more so because many Western countries are at high risk of being in Jap

> We should find out what it is about Japan that makes certain things work there. Even more so because many Western countries are at high risk of being in Japan's position within the next 20–30 years. Japan reached peak population growth roughly five years ago. Japan was informally understood to be an ageing population before that but now they are statistically formally so. Hence the West would do well to watch and learn from how Japan prepared and how Japan continues to manage an ageing population.