Japan

Mike Tyson discusses the legal system in Japan and his boxing fights held there.

“In Japan, Japan, you, you'll see mostly women are... They're in prison in Japan because they killed their husband.”

Noted for having strict policies against snack boxes in schools.

“... as they do in Japan. You know, that would, that would be a big... Would that make a big impact here?”

Cited as a culture that respects elders and keeps families living together.

“about things that don't really affect them for the rest of their lives until their bodies are riddled with cancer and they die. That's how old people live now. Old people, however you wanna c- you know, talk about our country, a lot of people that aren't from …”

Holly Frey visited an art supply store in Japan with her friend.

“... was how I felt when I was doing the research. [laughs] But also, I also have gotten into watercolor painting recently in the last year. When I was in Japan last year, my best friend is an artist, she's also who I went to Italy with, and there was this one …”

Stephen J. Shaw and Simone Collins discuss the potential need for euthanasia programs in Japan due to its aging population.

“I, I, I think it creates a society where, uh, I, I already s- see it, I've heard it from young people in Japan who are looking at older people saying, "Why are they still here?"”

Mentioned as one of the countries where the birth rate issue was initially identified by the speaker.

“Um, it's just over one decade. It feels like two. You know, I come from a very different perspective. I came out of the commercial world, uh, where I ran a data science company doing advanced data modeling for 20 years. And I, I could've and maybe should've co…”

Cited as a primary example of rural areas dying while urban centers like Tokyo continue to grow.

“... Japan right now, and you look at the forecast for population movement within Japan, um, and the rural areas are, are absolutely dying. But the growth within Tokyo is continuing and will continue for a generation. More, more... I call these magnet towns or …”

Discussed as having a relatively stable birth rate and using anime to promote pronatalist values.

“Hmm. Well, I mean, but look at... So Japan, for example-”

Mentioned as an example of a country whose bond market will be impacted by declining birth rates.

“... which most people are unaware of. We don't go around thinking about what the bond market's going to do today, but the bond markets are what drive economies. And when governments issue bonds, they issue bonds for new projects to support their national debts…”

Used as an example of a country with stable, long-term trends in family size despite political and social changes.

“You know, one of the remarkable things to me, um, I don't think I'm overusing it, is that when you look at the stability of family size over decades. Now so, in, in the US it's actually gone up from around 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 children per mother, if we focus on moth…”

Mentioned as a country where the likelihood of becoming a mother drops significantly after age 25.

“Even if it was just a minute percentage of people who get to 32, 35, having been sure that they were gonna become parents, because everything was mapped up, mapped out. They even had the partner. And then there's that breakup, and then they're back starting ag…”

The country where researchers and engineers developed the mechanical tail.

“It would be adorable. Researchers in Japan and engineers have developed a three-foot-long mechanical motorized tail-”

The location where Jensen Huang traveled to meet with the CEO of Sega.

“And so I went to Japan and, um, I contacted the CEO.”

Used as a benchmark for the economic scale of NVIDIA's market value.

“[gentle music] If NVIDIA were a country, it would be one of the five richest in the world, just behind the US and China. NVIDIA's value is now more than the entire economic output of Japan or the UK or France. That's how big this company is, and it's also prob…”

Mentioned as the location where the host first experienced a bidet.

“No, I, well, the first time I ever had one of those, I was in Asia, I was in Japan, and it turned me on so much-”