"I feel like the only solution is pretty clear... In the end, isn’t it mass suicide and mass 'seppuku' of the elderly?"

Said Yale economics professor Yusuke Narita, quoted in "A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean? Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan’s age-based hierarchies. Still, he has pushed the country’s hottest button" (NYT).

Dr. Narita, 37, said that his statements had been “taken out of context,” and that he was mainly addressing a growing effort to push the most senior people out of leadership positions in business and politics — to make room for younger generations....