How Much Good for Old Men
UNFPA and HelpAge International made public the ranking of countries in terms of how well their ageing populations are faring:
No. Country
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1 Sweden
2 Norway
3 Germany
4 Netherlands
5 Canada
6 Switzerland
7 New Zealand
8 US
9 Iceland
10 JAPAN
11 Austria
12 Ireland
13 UK
14 Australia
15 Finland
16 Luxemburg
17 Denmark
18 France
19 Chile
20 Slovenia
21 Israel
22 Spain
23 Uruguay
24 Belgium
25 Czech
26 Argentina
27 Italy
28 Costa Rica
29 Estonia
30 Panama
31 Brazil
32 Ecuador
33 Maurititus
34 Portugal
35 China
http://www.helpage.org/global-agewatch/data/
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Generally speaking countries in Europe and those dominated by the European race enjoy good conditions of living for the aged.
It is a simple result of global colonization by western powers. Africa, Asia except Japan, and Central and South Americas were subject to European countries which colonized most of regions except Europe on the earth.
Japan fought in the past not to be colonized by western powers. In this world only Japan could avoid status of colony by any western powers. Even China and India experienced invasion by western colonialists. Other nations such as Thailand that could escape the status of colony could not have ability and power to stand on even ground with European countries and European-dominant countries such as the US.
Accordingly Japan could be an object of study in terms of power of culture and quality of races.
Indeed without Japan on the earth and its industrial, financial, and even military success (to some extent) in the 20th century, most of non-European members of G20, including China, could not have been able to develop their economy at present levels.
But have people concerned in the world fully examined Japan in this context?
In early 1990s when Japan's GDP looked like reaching the level of the US soon, western journalists, pundits, and professors made some research on success of Japan. But before they could understand particularities of Japan and Japanese, the bubble of Japanese economy blasted and the US took the lead again against Japan in key industries. Subsequently Chinese growth won attention from western intellectuals as well as western businesses. And people in the world have lost interest in the miracle of Japan's success.
But Japan still keeps its honorable position in the world as shown in the ranking of countries in terms of how well their ageing populations are faring.
So, it is still important to study why the God prepared Japan for the world being dominated by western and Christian countries.
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