Dying Out of Sight: Hikikomori in an Aging Japan.

[Mac-7]

Accept all what as normal?

There seem to be a lot of depressed people in Japan

A low birth rate and even a low dating rate are not signs of a healthy culture

 

[Unkotare]

There seem to be a lot of depressed people in Japan

...

Have you EVER even been to Japan?

 

[Mac-7]

Not really. And you realize you are just talking about small parts of a very big city, not the whole country, right?

Capsule Hotels | Guide | Travel Japan - Japan National Tourism Organization (Official Site)

These minimalist, bed-sized spaces are cheap, clean and convenient, and a must-try when you visit Japan. What to expect and how to enjoy your stay.

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"Hotel"

I do

You are the one jumping to conclusions that I am attacking Japan when I’m not

 

[Unkotare]

I do

You are the one jumping to conclusions that I am attacking Japan when I’m not

I never said "attack." I just think you are speaking from ignorance based on some stuff you saw on TV.

 

[Mac-7]

I never said "attack." I just think you are speaking from ignorance based on some stuff you saw on TV.

Could be

Do you think the link in the first post is fake news?

 

[Unkotare]

Could be

Do you think the link in the first post is fake news?

Notice it says "estimated"? The media in Japan is as bad as it is here. Most likely a good degree of sensationalism.

The deeper question might be about the effect that more women in the workforce (and being treated more equally, enabled to advance in their careers like men have always been able to) has had on society and family structures all over the world.

 

[Mac-7]

Notice it says "estimated"? The media in Japan is as bad as it is here. Most likely a good degree of sensationalism.

The deeper question might be about the effect that more women in the workforce (and being treated more equally, enabled to advance in their careers like men have always been able to) has had on society and family structures all over the world.

It seems that men and women are drifting apart in Japan even faster than in the US

Maybe its women’s lib, but in Japan there seems to be a national depression among younger people

In the US children are oversexed but in Japan the problem seems to be a growing disinterest in the opposit sex

 

[expat500]

In the US children are oversexed

Only children?

 

[Mac-7]

Only children?

Adults get really pissed when other people try to tell them how to live

 

[Unkotare]

It seems that men and women are drifting apart in Japan even faster than in the US
....

With a smaller population, things tend to happen faster.

 

[Mac-7]

With a smaller population, things tend to happen faster.

Maybe there is a silver lining to the illegal alien migrant invasion

Those people breed like rabbits

 

[Unkotare]

.....

Those people breed like rabbits

No, they don't.

 

[expat500]

No, they don't.

Who does then?

 

[Unkotare]

Who does then?

Nobody these days.

 

[Ringo]

Question to Japan's Finance Minister Heizo Takenake: "Why did you hand over control of Japan's financial system to a group of American and European oligarchs?" Heizo Takenake: "Because they threatened Japan with an earthquake."