Old people in Japan should kill themselves to avoid burdening the state, a professor at Yale University has said.<\/p>\n
Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics, has also suggested that euthanasia could be made compulsory.<\/p>\n
Last year, official statistics in Japan revealed that over-75s accounted for 15 per cent of the country\u2019s population for the first time. Those over 65 account for 29.1 per cent of the total, making the Japanese population the oldest in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like the only solution is pretty clear,\u201d said Mr Narita, 37. \u201cIn the end, isn\u2019t it mass suicide and mass \u2018seppuku\u2019 of the elderly?\u201d \u2013 referring to the act of disembowelment employed by dishonoured Samurai in the late 19th century.<\/p>\n
Prof Narita told The New York Times his comments had been taken out of context, adding that they related to demands for older people in leadership positions to make way for the younger generation. He said his primary concern was how old people dominated positions of influence in Japanese society.<\/p>\n
The references to \u201cmass suicide\u201d and \u201cmass seppuku\u201d touched a raw nerve in a country which honoured kamikaze pilots during the Second World War.<\/p>\n
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