The additional events referred to in the editorial were events that were reported after the prespecified cutoff date and, therefore, these were not included in the primary analysis reported in the article.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The article cited an analysis by a professor in Akita University that used generational accounting methodology to calculate the financial burden being placed on the next, unborn generation, of Japanese by current welfare system.

FORBES: Crushing Burden being Passed to the Next Generation

It may be over-stating the case, but I wonder if the analysis above is one way to look at a phenomenon described in an article in the July 23 Nihon Keizai Shimbun, from which the graph at top is taken.

FORBES: Demographic Decline and Investment Intensity in Children -- Observations on China and Japan

Nursing professor Karen Kehl, in an article called "Moving Toward Peace: An Analysis of the Concept of a Good Death, " ranked the attributes of a graceful death, among them: being comfortable and in control, having a sense of closure, making the most of relationships and having family involved in care.

WSJ: Why Doctors Die Differently

For more analysis on modern Mexico, see my recent article for The Atlantic here.

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