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by 6t6t6t6 1199 days ago
Some years ago, Chinese immigrants came to Japan and were looked down upon as cheap labour. Nowadays, Chinese investors are buying the best real estate in Japan, and Chinese tourists are the main customers of the luxury brand shops in Omotesando.

Japan is a country where each generation is poorer than the generation before. In China, you can give your kids a better life than the one you had.

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This kind of argument is very common in China's Internet comment areas, but it is also easy to refute. China's GDP is higher than that of Japan. It has experienced rapid growth in the past few decades, while Japan has lost 30 years. However, as an ordinary individual, what I want to say is who care? I did not share the dividends of the so-called high-speed GDP growth, but only suffered the inflation of housing prices and prices. May I ask the Chinese who can go overseas to consume the luxury goods you mentioned, what class do they or their parents belong to? I have nothing to do. I never thought Japan would be a perfect country, but I also don't think Japan will become poorer from generation to generation. As an individual, I don't care about the grand narrative, I don't care about the international economy, I just want to live in a free Internet, clean food and air, my children can choose not to compete so hard Just live a normal life.