Originally Posted by
kcvt750
The aging population is not a problem. A quick check of Ministry records will show you that no one dies of old age in Japan. You just get stuffed under the futon so the checks keep rolling in.
As my former neighbour put it , "Although I don't agree with keeping a body under the tatami, I do agree with having "my savings/pension" benefit my family for as long as possible!" She also went on to say that the bureaucrats have f*&%ed her around throughout the decades and now it was payback....why not as she put it, "I paid into the fund for 49 years (started work at 16)".