Japan’s lost generation is still jobless and living with their parents
The things that stand out to me about Japan:<p>* 3rd largest economy.<p>* 11th largest population (top 10 until recently, they basically tie with Mexico).<p>* If you look at a table of countries by area, they are there.  Even in the top half, thanks to places like Tuvalu.<p>I think there is a very strong on-the-face-of-it argument that they just have too many people and not enough for them to do, economically speaking. If they could drop their population and keep the economy about the same (and if they have so many dead-end jobs and so few opportunities, they could) then they would be both a wealthy country and absurdly wealthy on a personal level.