-Saito Kohei is a renowned Marxist scholar from the University of Tokyo

-As a result of ignoring climate change and economic disparity, people are not reproducing anymore

-Japanese social contract has been broken down and lifetime employment has been reduced to irregular employment

-Workers are being seen as nothing more than costs by companies

-Overconcentration of population in Tokyo is happening not due to the wish of the poeple, but due to the concentration of capital there

-Population decline is happening not only in rural areas but in regional cities as well due to this phenomena

-Japan and South Korea are in a grave situation due to advanced capitalism (in their respective countries)

  • Trudge [Comrade]OP
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    4 months ago

    I don’t subscribe to Mainichi so I don’t have full access either. It seems to be an exclusive interview too which is a shame.