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Why are Japanese twentysomethings starving themselves to buy the S&P 500?

The Japanese youth have lost faith in working, and that might be a good thing.

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Rei Saito
May 13, 2026
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NISA貧乏」は「消費しすぎて借金で首が回らなくなる人」より1万倍優秀だが、2種類ある悪い「NISA貧乏」vs良い「NISA貧乏」の違い -  簡単に暮らせ

It takes a profound lack of self-awareness for a politician to govern over three decades of wage stagnation and then act shocked when young people stop spending money.

During a recent Diet session, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama clutched her pearls over a newly coined phenomenon sweeping the nation: NISA Poverty (NISA貧乏).

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