[Blasterlord2]

Japanese are not stupid. They weigh the pros and cons over long term and make their decisions. Shirt term pain just endure slower economy in the mean time. ...May be it is good because during the 80s era pressure was so high from the economic boom people were dying of stress.

How do you know this is short term pain? Yes, their economy is slowing down but did their birth rate go up? The answer is no. Japan's birth rate is still low and pressure didn't go down either. They suffer from all the bad things but didn't reap any good out of it.