Ivy League Prof Promotes ‘Mass Suicide’ to Solve Population Issues
A Yale professor suggested Japan’s elderly population should participate in a “mass suicide” for the sake of the younger generations in the country.
Yusuke Narita, who teaches economics, advocated for euthanizing Japan’s elderly in an interview with the New York Times.
“A Yale economics professor has some ideas for how to deal with the burdens of Japan’s rapidly aging society. The ‘only solution,’ he said, is mass suicide of the elderly, including ritual disembowelment,” the Times wrote in a Twitter post promoting the story.
A Yale economics professor has some ideas for how to deal with the burdens of Japan’s rapidly aging society. The “only solution,” he said, is mass suicide of the elderly, including ritual disembowelment. https://t.co/krlL3Ytd2e
Times’ reporters Hikari Hida and Mokoto Rich defended the professor, saying his words were “taken out of context.”
The journalists said Narita was referring to “a growing effort to push the most senior people out of leadership positions in business and politics — to make room for younger generations,” per a Fox report.
Narita also walked back his radical comments.
The New York Times added that the professor informed the publication that he does not use the words “mass suicide” or “seppuku” anymore when discussing the topic. Narita called his usage of these words “an abstract metaphor.”
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