The Japanese decline. A society at risk
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https://doi.org/10.32870/mycp.v14i41.932Keywords:
Japan, poverty, birth rate, economic decline, population agingAbstract
Japan is facing a severe crisis since the bursting of the real estate and stock market bubble in the 1990s, resulting in a decline in its position in the global economic order. The economic recession was exacerbated by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, which has undermined development efforts globally. The current state of the Japanese economy has been aggravated by two critical fac-tors: the aging population and the low birth rate. Given the importance of Japan in the international arena, this work aims to analyze these two factors closely linked to issues of poverty and hopelessness among young people based on the risk society approach proposed by Ulrich Beck and with a qualitative methodology that allows us to understand how Japanese society faces serious economic and social risks due to the drastic decline in its young population.Downloads
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