Predictions about what we think will happen on a macro level here in Japan or globally that will affect Japan.

The ratio of employees supporting pensioners has fallen from 40:1 in 1979 to just 2.5:1 in 2009 -- an unsustainable situation.

More and more seniors being driven to shoplifting because of the economy and other factors.

The Nikkei reported Yosano openly speculating that Japan's retirement age needed to rise from the current 65 years.