Japan is needy and becoming needier
The great Japanese post-war economic experiment has failed, which is leading to untold disintegration in every area of society. Suicide rates in Japan, affecting even school age children, young adults and the elderly, are the highest in the world. The divorce rate has climbed rapidly in the last several years. Many marriages do not last their first year! Abortions continue to run over twice the rate of the US. Reported abuse of many kinds including bullying is on the rise. Japan struggles with alcoholism. Japan is known for the unique psychological disorder, Hikikomori which is known essentially only in Japan affecting over 1.2 million people. This disorder is a tremendous social fear forcing people to truly shut themselves off from society for over 6 months at a time. These social realities coupled with the largest aging society on the planet means these issues will only be compounded in the future. Normally people are not drawn to pity the Japanese but these facts reveal that compassion is what they need for an “ideal society” that has failed.
