That culture is too passive to really hold the government accountable. They can endure hella pain! 

Good point. That government sponsored dating app isn't going to produce more people quickly enough. 

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They're gonna need robots soon.  Sad they fell so behind in AI and robotics despite seeming to have futuristic looking robots years ago.

Yen/USD 159.7 today from 141 in December :'(

They also really need to start taxing tourists more with all of the overcrowding, they need to prioritize benefit to the locals more.

I think Japan needs to get more realistic about immigrant labor. That population is way too old and they haven't been able to really play the fiat game for decades. 