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7/1/2025, 4:01:24 AM
>>280137307
'Japan's debt is fine because it's internal' is the most TikTok-level economic oversimplification I've ever heard, lmao. When your own Prime Minister says the country's fiscal state is 'worse than Greece's,' you don’t argue with anime-tier headcanon. Yes, Japan’s debt is largely held domestically. That used to be a stabilizing factor. HOWEVER, interest burden is rising, welfare costs are exploding, and inflation is back for the first time in decades.
Even if most debt is internal, the government still has to pay interest. And now that the BOJ has started to lift interest rates, the cost of servicing that debt just went up. Japan has to issue more bonds, at higher yields, to pay for old ones. That's not a "nothingburger," rofl.
>>280137260
The PM literally said their debt is worse than Greece. That's not an opinion, that's a fact. Hell, the BOJ is even slowing bond-buying, meaning less artificial demand to suppress interest rates. Once that dam breaks, servicing even internal debt gets painful.
This also matters for Demon Slayer because Mugen Train exploded during a pandemic because there was literally nothing else to spend on, and Japan gave out stimulus money. In 2025? The average family has less disposable income, more competition at the box office, and knows Aniplex will air the movie for free on TV later. That rewatch culture for Mugen Train from 2020 is long gone. Families aren’t blowing ¥8000+ to watch a glorified episode when they’ve got rent, groceries, and rising inflation. Basic film economics.
'Japan's debt is fine because it's internal' is the most TikTok-level economic oversimplification I've ever heard, lmao. When your own Prime Minister says the country's fiscal state is 'worse than Greece's,' you don’t argue with anime-tier headcanon. Yes, Japan’s debt is largely held domestically. That used to be a stabilizing factor. HOWEVER, interest burden is rising, welfare costs are exploding, and inflation is back for the first time in decades.
Even if most debt is internal, the government still has to pay interest. And now that the BOJ has started to lift interest rates, the cost of servicing that debt just went up. Japan has to issue more bonds, at higher yields, to pay for old ones. That's not a "nothingburger," rofl.
>>280137260
The PM literally said their debt is worse than Greece. That's not an opinion, that's a fact. Hell, the BOJ is even slowing bond-buying, meaning less artificial demand to suppress interest rates. Once that dam breaks, servicing even internal debt gets painful.
This also matters for Demon Slayer because Mugen Train exploded during a pandemic because there was literally nothing else to spend on, and Japan gave out stimulus money. In 2025? The average family has less disposable income, more competition at the box office, and knows Aniplex will air the movie for free on TV later. That rewatch culture for Mugen Train from 2020 is long gone. Families aren’t blowing ¥8000+ to watch a glorified episode when they’ve got rent, groceries, and rising inflation. Basic film economics.
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