Japan: A Newly Decreased Country (Premium Books)

One person commits suicide every 16 minutes! Over the past 10 years, an average of 70 people have starved to death annually! One in four workers earns less than 2 million yen a year! Japan's per capita DP ranking went from third in 2000 to 23rd in 2008!

Japan is in a state of decline that is unsustainable. Unless we recognize this, our society will eventually perish. It's a reality that everyone vaguely suspects but avoids. However, the once-in-a-century global economic crisis has brought it into the open. Still, many people in Japan refuse to acknowledge—or even look at—this reality. I understand that no one wants to be told they're in the process of perishing. But reality is reality. The more we avoid it, the more our downfall becomes a reality. --Excerpt from the "Introduction