Free from the trap of materialism

Originally appeared on spirituality.com

Japan has been known for decades as an economic giant—an Asian tiger. But after the long period of recession that followed the so-called “bubble” economy in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Japanese society started to feel empty and spiritually “poor.”

During past periods of high economic growth, as many as 80% of the Japanese people felt proud to belong to a middle-class society. Now many feel they are becoming less affluent because of changes in the workplace, among other things.

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