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MILLENNIALS

Some 43% of Gen Z and 41% of millennials say they suffer from a flawed perception of their finances.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2024
'Money dysmorphia' traps the younger generations
Some 43% of Gen Z and 41% of millennials say they suffer from a flawed perception of their finances.
From sending too many emojis than your partner might be expecting to delaying a response in order to avoid seeming overeager, the texting portion of a young relationship is unexpectedly fraught with peril.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 23, 2024
The subtle art of texting your crush for the first time
Gen Z dating app users are 50% more likely than millennials to delay responding to a message "to avoid seeming overeager.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2022
Are millennials the wealthiest generation? You better believe it.
Comparing generations is hard. That is in large part because as the world changes, so do the markers of success.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2021
Millennials getting raises have retiring baby boomers to thank
Retiring baby boomers and massive government aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may help explain the rising incomes and workers quitting in huge numbers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2021
The real reason no one wants to be a banker anymore
Analysts say banks are becoming more like machines, 'with less dependency on human capital.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2020
Updating democracy: The younger generation is losing faith in the system
'Capitalism' and 'socialism' describe the once emerging industrial world, so we need the same inventiveness to describe the digital world that has replaced it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2020
OK Boomer, we’re going to socialize you
The pandemic is turning millennials into socialists. We must make them a better offer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 21, 2020
Why are Japan’s millennials shunning alcohol?
Some time before the coronavirus outbreak put a damper on this year’s hanami (blossom viewing) parties and other social activities, the media had already noted that the decline in alcohol consumption by younger Japanese has been accelerating. This phenomenon even made the front page of the Nikkei Marketing Journal (Feb. 21).
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2018
The triumph of American downward mobility
A point has been reached where many in the present and next generations of younger Americans won't live as well as their predecessors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2016
In Japan, world's gloomiest millennials see a future of struggle
Youthful optimism can be hard to find in Japan, where millennials rank as the gloomiest of those in the world's biggest economies.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2016
The end of America's love affair with cars?
The quintessential symbol of American mobility may be losing its grip on the national psyche.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2016
Google, ANA top workplace list for millennials; work-life balance also important: survey
Global internet giant Google, along with local firms All Nippon Airways and Toyota Motor Corp., have emerged as the ideal workplaces for Japanese millennial talent, according to a new survey that has spotlighted the nation's shifting work culture.

Longform

High-end tourism is becoming more about the kinds of experiences that Japan's lesser-known places can provide.
Can Japan lure the jet-set class off the beaten path?