Japanese commentator Yoko Ishii weighed in on a Yale professor's suggestion that Japan's elderly commit mass suicide to alleviate its aging population burdens.
There is criticism that older people are receiving too much pension money and the young people are supporting all the old people, even those who are wealthy," Shun Otokita, a member of Japan’s upper house of parliament, recently said according to The New York Times.
In addition, much of Japan’s younger generation feels that their interests are not adequately represented in government — despite"Young people don't go vote," she told Fox News."Our voting rate is usually within the range of 30% to 50%." "The politicians or candidates don't have to listen to young people," Ishii continued."In order to get votes, they just need to listen to the elderly people
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