Who is Yusuke Narita? Yale professor sparks outrage after proposing ‘mass suicide’ of elderly people

An assistant professor of Japanese descent at Yale University, Yusuke Narita has set in motion an online outrage after he suggested that mass suicide was the only way to deal with the rapidly aging population in Japan.Narita, who teaches economics at Yale, spoke in defense of his views this weekend after making the aforementioned remarks on a live news broadcast program in 2021. At the time, the professor said:“I feel like the only solution is pretty clear. In the end, isn't it mass suicide and mass 'seppuku' of the elderly?”Seppuku was a 19th-century Japanese ritual of disembowelment that was forced upon samurais who brought dishonor to themselves.The internet reacts to Yusuke Narita's remarks (Image via Twitter/@Irina_Manoli_)Narita spoke to The New York Times this weekend and clarified that his remarks about the matter were taken out of context in 2021. However, the professor also mentioned that euthanasia could be made mandatory in the near future.The Yale professor claimed that this process will allow younger generations to smoothly make their way into politics, business, and other aspects of careers that are occupied by the older generation, who refuse to leave their positions.Such comments from the professor earned him plenty of backlash.&quot;He is not a human&quot;: Netizens react to Yusuke Narita's remarks about mass suicideJapan already has a low birth rate and in 2022, the country saw its population plunge by more than six lakhs due to declining rates in fertility and a rapidly aging population.While Narita’s comments outraged people, they also earned him followers and an audience on Twitter. People were stunned at the professor's outright insensitive views and criticized him for it.One user asked if Yusuke Narita would still believe that disembowelment and mass su*cide are the keys to reconstructing Japan's age-based hierarchies when he himself reaches the age of 65.OdieBaby@baby_odie@bonchieredstate When Yusuke Narita has reached 65 will he still believe this is the answer to revamping Japan's age-based hierarchies?102@bonchieredstate When Yusuke Narita has reached 65 will he still believe this is the answer to revamping Japan's age-based hierarchies?じぶん@eA07i0okyfQRshUYusuke Narita at Yale finally appeared in the New York Times article.Next, please pay attention to Japan's strange situation in that psychopaths like Narita line up as &quot;smart people&quot; regularly on TV, for some reason not known to the public.twitter.com/nytimes/status…The New York Times@nytimesA 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. nyti.ms/3K2hp8R2613A 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. nyti.ms/3K2hp8RYusuke Narita at Yale finally appeared in the New York Times article.Next, please pay attention to Japan's strange situation in that psychopaths like Narita line up as &quot;smart people&quot; regularly on TV, for some reason not known to the public.twitter.com/nytimes/status…BethHPersist🏳️&zwj;🌈 ✍️😷💉📈@BethH_persist@TRyanGregory He is “Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics at Yale” ECONOMIST. We need to stop letting the economy drive health and wellness. But money!235@TRyanGregory He is “Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics at Yale” ECONOMIST. We need to stop letting the economy drive health and wellness. But money!Another user wondered if Narita has always been healthy throughout his life and never required any medical assistance or if he has never been hospitalized.MJ@MJSThumperI wonder if Yusuke Narita has been healthy all of his life and not required any medical assistance or hospitalizations? twitter.com/oliveyellow/st…Angelina🌏反緊縮🌹脱原発GND政策に惚れてれいわオーナーズ✨@Oliveyellow@Yale Check the video below pls.Yusuke Narita assistant professor of @YaleEconomics articulates, “Seriously, the only solution to the graying society is for the aged to commit mass suicide or harakiri” on Abema Prime TV.(0:29-)32@Yale Check the video below pls.Yusuke Narita assistant professor of @YaleEconomics articulates, “Seriously, the only solution to the graying society is for the aged to commit mass suicide or harakiri” on Abema Prime TV.(0:29-)https://t.co/tSU05Gu4ZWI wonder if Yusuke Narita has been healthy all of his life and not required any medical assistance or hospitalizations? twitter.com/oliveyellow/st…One person wrote that Narita lacks a conscience. They were too shocked as to how an assistant professor at Yale could suggest that elderly people should commit suicide or resort to euthanasia to relieve the country from the burden of their existence.Antoinette G@karmamum1What sort of human is Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor in Japan, telling the over 75s they should commit suicide as they are a burden to the state…..even suggesting that euthanasia be compulsory.I suggest he is not a human with either heart or conscience.11What sort of human is Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor in Japan, telling the over 75s they should commit suicide as they are a burden to the state…..even suggesting that euthanasia be compulsory.I suggest he is not a human with either heart or conscience.Yul@DvoterYusuke Narita is a professor of economics at Yale with a very large social media following in both the United States and his native Japan. He said &quot;&quot;Mandatory euthanasia&quot; will be on the table to deal with longer life spans of humans. So, it begins. Yale wokeismYusuke Narita is a professor of economics at Yale with a very large social media following in both the United States and his native Japan. He said &quot;&quot;Mandatory euthanasia&quot; will be on the table to deal with longer life spans of humans. So, it begins. Yale wokeismSeb Leslie@LesliePolitics“Old people in Japan should kill themselves to avoid burdening the state, a professor at Yale University has said.Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics, has also suggested that euthanasia could be made compulsory.” So the rich can live on their yachts and islands.1“Old people in Japan should kill themselves to avoid burdening the state, a professor at Yale University has said.Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics, has also suggested that euthanasia could be made compulsory.” So the rich can live on their yachts and islands.Yusuke Narita, an economics professor at Yale, is also a researcher who focuses on the design of decision-making algorithms in business and policy. Education policy in particular piques his interest. Narita received his doctorate degree from MIT and was a former visiting professor at Stanford University.The professor uses a variety of methods in his work, including machine learning, causal inference, structural econometric modeling, and economic theory.Yusuke Narita (Image via cyberagentcapital.com)Earlier in 2022, when Yusuke Narita was asked to speak in defense of his views in a class, the professor showed a clip from the movie Midsommar, where a community of people formed a cult and one of their rituals included forcing an older member to jump off a cliff.The professor tried to reason:“Whether that's a good thing or not, that's a more difficult question to answer. So if you think that's good, then maybe you can work hard toward creating a society like that.”Narita later went on to clarify that his remark was meant as a metaphor to convey how the older generation must be phased out. He said that he should have been more careful about the potential negative connotations of his words. Yusuke Narita added that he went through some self-reflection, after which he stopped using those negative words last year.

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