Kokumin No Sokoiji No Waru Sa Ga, Nippon Keizai Teimei No Genkyo (Gentosha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Why does Japan continue to sink while other developed countries increase consumption? The cause is not fiscal austerity or consumption tax hikes, but the character of the Japanese people. During the period of high economic growth and the bubble economy, Japan enjoyed the spring of its life with a growing population and export-led economy. However, despite the self-absorbed image of "kindness," "compassion," and "kizuna" (bonds), the hidden nature of the Japanese people, who are paranoid and drag others down, was revealed in the "lost 30 years. Economic improvement cannot be achieved with a backward-looking mindset. This book analyzes the current state of atrophied consumer confidence among the Japanese people, points out the reasons why the economy cannot be boosted based on numerous data, and proposes solutions.

他の先進国が消費を拡大する中、なぜ日本だけが沈み続けるのか―原因は、緊縮財政でも消費増税でもなく「日本人の性格」だった。高度成長からバブル期は、人口増加、輸出主導で我が世の春を謳歌した。が、自己陶酔した「優しさ」「思いやり」「絆」の像とは裏腹に、じつは猜疑心が強く、他人の足を引っ張るという隠れた国民の本性が、「失われた30年」で明らかになった。後ろ向きな心持ちでの景気向上はあり得ない。本書は日本人の消費マインドが萎縮する現状を分析、数多のデータから景気浮揚できない理由を指摘し、解決策を提示する。