【大学入試】医学部合格率、初めて男女逆転　21年度、差別是正か

Sorry. I am a Chicagoan who worked in Japan for four years, but please allow me to give you my own opinion from my own knowledge about the national economy and today's situations in Japan.
The fact is that the greater part of Japanese youths (20's and 30's) are in despair to notice that their income will never surpass that of their own fathers. This is the answer to the question whether Japan is economically declining now.
Pretty contrarily, youths in the growing countries, say, China, India, and South Korea, have strong confidence that their lives will be far better than those of their parents. In fact, if I may judge by myself, the facial expressions of Japanese youths look much gloomier than those of youths in these young and futurable countries.