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"Japan’s decline is tied to a multifactorial problem resulting from its rapid industrial development. Japanese industrial development did not address in time the collateral effects it was generating in the process, effects that later became risks that are now complex to confront. Changes in family structure, population aging, and the low birth rate are collateral effects produced by industrial society, and they have destabilized it, challenging its traditional organization. (...) Japan’s future does not depend solely on economic policy or on boosting production. It requires substantial changes to the social system that can respond to social heterogeneity and to growing sociodemographic changes. Understanding the demographic transition and the economic and social problems it entails first requires an open recognition of the problems Japan faces, of its social diversity, and of the need to turn to strategies such as more flexible migration policies, acknowledgment of deep inequalities, and changing young people’s expectations. The structure of traditional Japanese society has changed, and economic policies alone will not be sufficient for Japan’s recovery. (...)" “The Japanese Decline: A Society at Risk” (2025)

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