Ballad of Narayama is Fiction Now

Ballad of Narayama is a sad but true story that leave old lady abandoned mountain for sake of young in poor village.  Modern Japan is getting poorer and facing the conflict of generation but not as it was, the young are less preserved than elders now.

Think of democracy in Japan. Young people are least privileged, because they are minority constituency and their feeling of lack of power impacts negative spiral. Here young people include myself late 30s. Because they are political minority so depressed enough not going to vote to change the world. As the result, they feel more repressed and not going or doing anything.

Vice prime minister said that they will cut hiring of public sector 40% for next fiscal. In Japan, public sector get paid better than most of mid and small size of company and their employment is guaranteed and pension plan is much better than regular plan. So well people complain about increase of tax raise unless spending is cut. Then democratic party choose not to hire young instead preserving 3 or 4 times well paid elder ones. Because it's much easier not to hire than cut people already in particularly public sector. Literary it's impossible force someone to leave unless committed serious criminal acts. As usually consequence of Japan, young people lose the conflicts of interest among generations.  This is understandable that current political party to reflect will of political majority so does democrats. but seriously lacks vision at all. Short term relationship type of democracy.

But it harms the course of nation itself. Young people are ones who will build up the country and if they are not preserve even slight hope the country barely could have vitality. Thus killing youth is very harmful for long term course of this
country.　

                                 Ballad of Narayama is total fiction now