「失われた30年」って、本当に失ったのか？

The phrases "Japan is finished" and "the lost 30 years" are heard almost daily in the news and on social media. Has Japan truly lost everything in the last 30 years, accomplishing nothing? In fact, if we remove the "economic lens" of GDP and wages, and look at other indicators such as life expectancy, public safety, and infrastructure, a completely different picture of Japan emerges. Japan is not a "failed country," but rather a country that "quietly depleted its future reserves in order to protect its current security." This video will unravel the true nature of the "lost 30 years" and who has been bearing the cost of maintaining that society (youth, precarious employment, rural areas, care work, etc.) from the perspectives of critical geopolitics and feminist geopolitics. Let's develop metacognition to see through the nuances behind extreme opinions like "Japan is finished" and "Japan is amazing"! ■What you will learn in this video 00:00 Has Japan really lost 30 years? 00:38 Why can we say that the "lost 30 years" really happened? 2:56 But not everything was lost. 5:42 For whom were the "lost 30 years"? 8:57 Changing the point of comparison changes the story. 11:08 What did Japan protect, and who bore the cost? 13:25 Questioning the very existence of the "lost 30 years" narrative ■References https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/h... https://www5.cao.go.jp/zenbun/wp-e/wp... https://www.boj.or.jp/en/about/press/... https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd... https://data.worldbank.org/?locations... -JP-DE https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/h... https://www.npa.go.jp/publications/st... https://www5.cao.go.jp/keizai3/2024/0... https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/h... https://www.jil.go.jp/institute/siryo... https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd... vesting-in-youth-japan_g1g7a8e0/9789264275898-en.pdf https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd... https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd... https://www.gender.go.jp/about_danjo/... r/r05/gaiyou/pdf/r05_gaiyou.pdf https://www.gender.go.jp/about_danjo/... https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/123000... https://www.ipss.go.jp/ps-doukou/j/do... /JNFS16gaiyo.pdf https://www.ipss.go.jp/ps-doukou/j/do... https://www.mlit.go.jp/policy/shingik... https://www.mext.go.jp/content/202503... https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/126010... https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/... https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/... https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/... https://www.jil.go.jp/institute/zassi... #Non-regular employment #Lost 30 years #Japanese economy #Critical geopolitics #Measures against the declining birthrate