Some 4.5M Japanese aged between 35 and 54 are living with their parents

Re:Some 4.5M Japanese aged between 35 and 54 are living with... by olivermarks on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:08AM (#14145564)

Perhaps some of these people chose to live in a close family unit with their relatives through choice. This is how millions of people live in other cultures worldwide, caring for each other. No shame in that at all. This article appears to be pro rat race or be shamed...

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Re:Some 4.5M Japanese aged between 35 and 54 are living with... by marak830 on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:17AM (#14145611)

That is common here, I'm an Aussie with a Japanese wife, I just invited her grandparents to live with us. (Grab spa is old and grandma has to look after him, this way we can help, and grandma can help my wife when we have a child)

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Re:Some 4.5M Japanese aged between 35 and 54 are living with... by Markoff on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @07:01PM (#14152553)

isn't it their own children who should take care of them? I find it odd they skipped one generation and they are going to burden you

I think help from them with your child will be much less valuable (close to zero due to advanced age) than your help to them

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Re:Some 4.5M Japanese aged between 35 and 54 are living with... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @11:42PM (#14153756)

Some people perform selfless acts because they're decent people.

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Re:Some 4.5M Japanese aged between 35 and 54 are living with... by responde on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:28AM (#14147523)

I'm calling BS on this one. In as much as they chose to live in a close family unit, they should also pro-actively contribute financially to said close family unit, not lazy about with guitars and stupid songs.

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Re:Some 4.5M Japanese aged between 35 and 54 are living with... by ZenoArrow on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @12:26PM (#14148985)

You really need to learn to look past media bias. This is the view the article author is leading the reader to have, but the reality is likely to be much more complex.

Just looking at the number of people who live at home with parents has no bearing on what got them there. Some may be actively looking for work but only able to find sporadic temp work. Others may be needed as a live-at-home carer to their elderly relatives. Some may be genuinely lazy. Some may be very hard working. There's literally none of this information conveyed in statistics alone, all you have in this article is a few hand-picked personal stories to present the view that the author wanted to convey.

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