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Yusuke Narita says he was speaking metaphorically when he broached “mass suicide” by the elderly as a way to deal with Japan’s demographic challenges. But his critics say his comments amount to hatred toward the most vulnerable.

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A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean?

Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan’s age-based hierarchies. Still, he has pushed the country’s hottest button.

2:30 PM · Feb 12, 2023

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I am Japanese. I understand the views of many people in other countries on Mr. Yusuke's comments. However, there is an overwhelming lack of information about the current situation in Japan in many of the criticisms.↓

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Yusuke is right.

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What does this say about his value system in general! ...and he teaches others?

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For the translation of 集団自決, such words as "mass martyrdom" could be more suitable than "mass suicide (usually 自殺)" in this context.

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This provides a nice glimpse into the Yale mindset of world-building

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Who among us has not seen Logan's Run

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This is evil and the NY Times editors who gave the okay to publication of Narita's "suggestions" for mass murder are complicit, as are his current hosts at Yale. Please read Hannah Arendt. This is "the gradual normalization of evil" that she warned us about.

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The deliberately oddly action, choosing radical expression to attract attention is one of endemic diseases in the kitschy flimsy sectors.

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What do you expect from a Yale man? They used to be respected but now are mainly woke jokes.

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He should start with himself. Looks old.

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We were all scrambling to read this International Best Seller !

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No he wasn’t.

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he can start to implement his idea with his own parents, grandparents and all the older family members.

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are you still complaining about hitler? this must be hitler's son.

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Damit hätten die Befürworter der Euthanasie alter Menschen nicht gerechnet. Daß diese Personengruppe ausgerechnet wegen ihrem nachlassenden Immunsystem besser vor den Nebenwirkungen der Corona-Impfung geschützt sind als die Jüngeren unter 60. Und Tschüss Ihr Impftrottel !

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Cannot wait until Dr Narita turns 65 and someone suggests seppuku to him!!! Bet his tune changes 360 degrees!!!!!

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Maybe this would help your readers understand how "metaphorical"he meant it to be.

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Jan 12

In a live news show, @YaleEconomics AP #YusukeNarita asserted that the “only solution” to resolve the aging population issue in Japan is to “let elderlies commit mass suicide before they become a harm to society.” I ask you. @Yale, is this acceptable?

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Half of Japan's young people are part-time workers, unable to marry or date, budgets for public education are cut, and inequality is widening.

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What is Yusuke Narita's doctorate in? Applied quackery?

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Japanese society is collapsing due to the decadence of the mass media.

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Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor at Yale University, repeatedly advocated the insane claim that ``the elderly should commit mass suicide'' and ``the elderly should be forcibly euthanized''. A person who should be expelled from public is scheduled to appear on TBS TV. twitter.com/hatsumimigaku/…

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To understand this overly exaggerated news properly, you must know about Japanese culture well firstly. Basically, Japanese is really high-context language that means every word Japanese use does not represent the real meaning of it. In this case, he did not really want to say

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Many believe the words distorted by the media His intention in these words is the metabolism of society. Young people like him working to revive Japan's economy have been crushed every time. This is the completion of the rule of the elderly and those in power.

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I am Japanese and have listened to this whole conversation, so I understand what he was talking about. I still think he should be careful with his words, since this misleaded so many people.