Culture
Japan Gives Us A View Of The Future Of Love–And It’s Terribly Depressing
Japan is a country with a momentously affluent population, a highly educated workforce, and one of the largest, most developed economies in the world. But it seems with such high economic gains comes immense social downfall. So, what exactly is Japan’s problem? Crippling desolation, hopelessness, and widespread misery.
By Simone Hanna3 min read
What causes such despair and loneliness? The pressure to work? Japan is infamous for the “karoshi” phenomenon after all – a term invented in the 1970s that means “death from overwork,” arising from the number of deaths caused by work-related stress, long hours, and poor diet.